iPolitics : Citizens, elections, and governing in the new media era / Richard L. Fox and Jennifer M. Ramos
Imprint
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2012
Descript
xviii, 303p. : ill ; 24 cm
CONTENT
Introduction: politics in the new media era. -- More sources, better informed public? new media and political knowledge. -- Rethinking television's relationship to politics in the post-network era. -- Interplay: political blogging and journalism. -- YouTube and TV advertising campaigns: Obama versus McCain in 2008. -- The rise of web campaigning in Finland. -- E-campaigns in old Europe: observations from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. -- Preaching to the choir or converting the flock: presidential communication strategies in the age of three medias. -- Twitter and facebook: new ways for members of congress to send the same old messages? -- The dog that didn't bark: Obama, netroots progressives, and health care reform. -- New media and political change: lessons from internet users in Jordan, Egypt, and Kuwait.
SUBJECT
Internet in public administration -- United States
Mass media -- Political aspects -- United States
Internet -- Political aspects -- United States
Commanication in politics -- Technological innovations -- United United States
Political participation -- Technological innovations -- United States