The Presidency and Social Media
The media have long played an important role in the modern political process and the 2016 presidential campaign was no different. From Trumps tweets and cable-show-call-ins to Sanderss social media machine to Clintons Trump Yourself app and podcast, journalism, social and digital media, and entertainment media were front and center in 2016. Clearly, political media played a dominant and disruptive role in our democratic process. This book helps to explain the role of these media and communication outlets in the 2016 presidential election.
This thorough study of how political communication evolved in 2016 examines the disruptive role communication technology played in the 2016 presidential primary campaign and general election and how voters sought and received political information. The Presidency and Social Media includes top scholars from leading research institutions using various research methodologies to generate new understandingsboth theoretical and practicalfor students, researchers, journalists, and practitioners.
Dan Schill is Associate Professor in the School of Communication Studies and Affiliate Professor in Political Science at James Madison University, where he teaches courses in advocacy, political communication, research methods, and media and politics. His research focuses on communication, politics, media, and technology.
John Allen Hendricks is Chair of the Department of Mass Communication and Professor at Stephen F. Austin State University, where he teaches courses in communication theory, research methods, First Amendment law, and media and politics. Dr. Hendricks has authored/edited more than ten books on the topics of media/politics, social media/new media technologies, and the broadcasting industry.
The Presidency and Social Media is the essential and authoritative guide on the use and impact of social media in the 2016 presidential campaign. This impressive and comprehensive volume exposes the good, the bad, and the ugly influence of social media in 2016 but also provides clues to future campaigns. The volume, without question, is the go to source for understanding the evolving role of media in political campaigns.
Robert E. Denton, Jr., W. Thomas Rice Chair, Pamplin College of Business and Head Department of Communication, Virginia Tech
Social media played an unprecedentedand complicatedrole in the 2016 presidential election. Schill and Hendricks have assembled work by impressive scholars that examines this phenomenon from multiple perspectives. The volume is relevant beyond the electoral context, as the tactics employed in the campaign have carried over to governing in unanticipated ways. This rich and comprehensive work is destined to be a landmark in studies of social media, especially as scholars, practitioners, and the public seek to understand the consequences of social-media driven elections and government by tweet.
Diana Owen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Georgetown University
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Schill, Daniel J., editor. | Hendricks, John Allen, editor.
Title: The presidency and social media : discourse, disruption, and digital
democracy in the 2016 presidential election / edited by Dan Schill and
John Allen Hendricks.
Description: New York, NY : Routledge, [2018] | Includes bibliographical
references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017023941 (print) | LCCN 2017047058 (ebook) |
ISBN 9781315112824 (Master) | ISBN 9781351623193 (WebPDF) |
ISBN 9781351623186 (ePub) | ISBN 9781351623179
(Mobipocket/Kindle) | ISBN 9781138081536 (hbk : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781138081543 (pbk : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781315112824 (ebk)
Subjects: LCSH: PresidentsUnited StatesElection2017. | Social
mediaPolitical aspectsUnited States. | Internet in political
campaignsUnited States. | Communication in politicsTechnological
innovationsUnited States. | Political campaignsTechnological
innovationsUnited States.
Classification: LCC JK526 2016 (ebook) | LCC JK526 2016 .P737 2018
(print) | DDC 324.7/3dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017023941
ISBN: 978-1-138-08153-6 (hbk)
ISBN: 978-1-138-08154-3 (pbk)
ISBN: 978-1-315-11282-4 (ebk)
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Contents
by Thomas E. Patterson
PART 1
Media Use: Political Engagement and Digital Democracy
Dan Schill and John Allen Hendricks
Michael A. Beam, Paul M. Haridakis, Myiah J. Hutchens, and Jay D. Hmielowski
Sharon E. Jarvis and Jay T. Jennings
Jeffrey H. Kuznekoff, Leland G. Spencer, and Robert N. Burt
PART 2
Media Effects: Traditional Media and Social Media Distribution
Raluca Cozma
Benjamin R. Warner, Molly M. Greenwood, Freddie J. Jennings, and Josh C. Bramlett
Sarah Krongard and Jacob Groshek
PART 3
Candidate Discourse in Social Media: Image, Tone, and Rhetoric
David Lynn Painter and Katherine Rizzo
Kate Kenski and Christine R. Filer
Zac Gershberg
Dannagal G. Young and Johanna M. Lukk
PART 4
Social Media Messaging: Candidate Branding and Agenda Setting
Sarah Oates and Wendy W. Moe
Terri L. Towner
Thomas Kim Hixson
PART 5
Social Media Content: Political Participation and Humor
Andrew S. Ross and Damian J. Rivers
Alison N. Novak
Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, and Deanne Canieso