Power Shift? Political Leadership and Social Media (eBook, PDF)

Case Studies in Political Communication
Redaktion: Taras, David; Davis, Richard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

In this book, leading international experts examine how political leaders have adapted to the challenges of social media, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Memes among other means of persuasion. Through a series of case studies the authors argue that many leaders have found new avenues to communicate with the public and use power.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 262
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780429880339
• Artikelnr.: 68889727

Autorenporträt

Richard Davis is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Office of Civic Engagement at Brigham Young University, USA. He is the author of several books on the Internet and American politics including Twitter and Elections Around the World: Campaigning in 140 Characters or Less (2016), Covering the Courts in the Digital Age (2014), The Symbiotic Relationship Between the U.S. Supreme Court and the Press (2014), and may more. David Taras is Professor of Communication Studies and holds the Ralph Klein Chair in Media Studies at Mount Royal University, Canada. Before coming to Mount Royal, David taught at the University of Toronto, the University of Amsterdam and, most recently, the University of Calgary, where he served as the Ernest C. Manning Chair in Canadian Studies. While there, he received the Students' Union Award for Teaching Excellence five times and was inducted into the Teaching Excellence Awards Hall of Fame in 2011. He was President of the Canadian Communications Association and served two terms on the Board of Governors of the University of Calgary. He received the Alberta Centennial Medal in 2005. A leading expert in the area of Canadian media policy and its relationship to Canadian identity and democracy, he is the author of The Newsmakers: The Media's Influence on Canadian Politics (1990) and of Power & Betrayal in the Canadian Media (2001). He is co-author of The Last Word: Media Coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada (2006).

Inhaltsangabe

Political Leadership and Social Media: An Introduction Part 1: Leaders and
the New Instruments of Media Persuasion 2. The President Tweets the Press:
President-Press Relations and the Politics of Media Degradation 3. Vulgar
Eloquence in the Digital Age: A Case Study of Candidate Donald Trump's Use
of Twitter 4. "Delete Your Account"? Hillary Rodham Clinton Across Social
Media Platforms in the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election 5. The Visually
Viral Prime Minister: Justin Trudeau, Selfies, and Instagram 6. Tweeting
the Agenda: Policy Making and Agenda Setting by U.S. Congressional Leaders
in the Age of Social Media Part 2: Twitter, Leaders, and Populism 7.
Populism and Social Media Popularity: How Populist Communication Benefits
Political Leaders on Facebook and Twitter 8. A Marriage of Twitter and
Populism in the French Presidential Campaign? The Twitter-Discourse of
Challengers Macron and Le Pen 9. Political Communication Patterns and
Sentiments Across Time Part 3: Social Media and Grassroots Politics 10.
'Twitter Was Like Magic!': Strategic use of social media in contemporary
feminist activism 11. #Unsettling Canada 150, One Tweet at a Time: How
Indigenous Leaders use Twitter to Resist and Reframe Mainstream News in
Canada 12. Fanning Flames of Discontent: A Case Study of Social Media,
Populism, and Campaigning 13. Not A Leader! Theresa May's Leadership
Through the Lens of Internet Memes 14. Twitter and Student Leadership in
South Africa: The Case of #FeesMustFall Conclusion