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Vol. 2. Redefining politics: how are social media changing the political game?. Structures of dissent: social media, resistance journalism, and the mobilization of poverty activism / Cindy S. Vincent and Sara Straub -- Platforms with purpose: clicktivism and crowdfunding campaigns in the era of Citizens United / Laura Williams -- Caught between televisual and digital presence: Greenpeace's foray into the Twittersphere / Thomas Breideband -- Big data goes to Washington: how protesters navigate aggregated social media content / Candice Lanius -- Hashtag feminism, digital media, and new dynamics of social change: a case study of #YesAllWomen / Bernadette Barker-Plummer and Dave Barker-Plummer -- The politics of authenticity in Facebook's name policy / Amber Davisson -- Allocating identities within a smartphone app game: a case study of Dark Summoner / Keith Massie and Angela M. Cirucci -- Memes and the 2012 presidential election / Bobbie Foster -- @TeaParty.org's performance of its virtual identity on Twitter / Gina Masullo Chen and Paromita Pain -- Screaming at Obama: the Tea Party and the Affordable Care Act / Glenn W. Richardson Jr. -- Social media versus the madmen: notes from the frontlines of a digital insurgency / Bruce E. Drushel -- #NothingButTheTruth: using social media to educate the public about courts / Jason Zenor -- Chinese netizens set China's public agenda via social media / Yu Zhang -- The global impact: using social media to learn about world politics / David McCoy.
Summary, etc.:
"The last decade has seen dramatic changes in the U.S. political process. The advent of social media and other new forms of expression have enabled an unprecedented number of citizens to enter the political arena by expressing their opinions about issues and candidates in ways that can influence untold numbers of voters and officials. But the vast majority of politicians have not fully grasped how social media has fundamentally changed the process of communication or adjusted to the dramatic shift in political power that is taking place. Written by experts on the intersections of politics, public opinion, and popular culture, this book examines how new media have brought political "power to the people" like never before, provided new channels through which politicians communicate and attempt to influence public opinion, and caused a game-changing shift in political power. Volume one focuses on how savvy politicians are learning to communicate in new ways via new media in order to enhance their political appeal. The second volume examines the various ways in which individuals or groups who use new/social media are affecting voters' decisions, applying pressure to elected or appointed officials, and influencing the direction of the country." -- Publisher's description
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