The Role of Twitter in the 2016 US Election

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Galdieri, Christopher J. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Lucas, Jennifer C. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Sisco, Tauna S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Elections.; United States-Politics and government.; Political communication.; Electoral Politics.; US Politics.; Political Communication.

 This book assembles six chapters by respected and emerging scholars in political science and communication to produce a first sustained look at Twitter's role in the 2016 US Presidential Election. While much attention has already been paid to Trump's use of Twitter as a phenomenon-how it...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Politics in 140 Characters
• 2. Less is More Ideological:  Conservative and Liberal Communication on Twitter in the 2016 Electon
• 3. Tweet You Very Much: An Analysis of Twitter Discussion during the 2016 Presidential Primary Election
• 4. Candidate Image:  When Tweets Trump Tradition
• 5. Tweeting on the Campaign Trail:  The When, How, and What Trump Tweeted
• 6. Donald Trump, Naturally:  Revisionist Environmental Policy, Global Warming Tweets, and the Unexpected Emphasis of Climate Change in the 2016 Election.- 6. Can We at Least All Laugh Together Now? Twitter and Online Political Humor during the 2016 Election.