Social Media and Politics
180 episodes - English - Latest episode: 21 days ago - ★★★★★ - 24 ratingsSocial Media and Politics is a podcast bringing you innovative, first-hand insights into how social media is changing the political game. Subscribe for interviews and analysis with politicians, academics, and leading digital strategists to get their take on how social media influences the ways we engage with politics and democracy.
Social Media and Politics is hosted by Michael Bossetta, political scientist at Lund University. Check out the podcast's official website: https://socialmediaandpolitics.org.
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Digital Media Infrastructures and Tech Platforms, with Dr. Jean-Christophe Plantin
May 02, 2021 07:00 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBDr. Jean-Christophe Plantin, Associate Professor in Media and Communications at the London School of Economics, explains the concept of media infrastructures. We discuss Dr. Plantin's research on digital platforms, infrastructures, and how tech giants like Facebook and Google increasingly blend those two concepts. We also discuss the infrastructure of WeChat, and get into Dr. Plantin's ongoing work into the concept of programmable infrastructures - which explores how the hardware of the te...
Deliberation in Practice and Pandemics, with Ieva Česnulaitytė
April 18, 2021 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBIeva Česnulaitytė, Policy Analyst at the OECD, discusses her and her colleagues’ research on representative deliberative processes. We break down some of the key models of deliberative processes, when they tend to be used, and how their success can be measured. We also discuss how the coronavirus pandemic has moved deliberative processes online. As social distancing limits the ability for citizens to attend in-person events, how are deliberative processes being carried out? Here's the re...
Social Media Influencers and Political Campaigns, with Madeline V. Twomey
March 28, 2021 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBMadeline V. Twomey, President at Rufus and Mane, discusses how social media influencers can benefit political campaigns (and vice versa). Madeline forged digital influencer partnerships for Joe Biden's presidential campaign and inauguration. She shares her experiences working with influencer programs and her thoughts on best practices moving forward. We talk about the value that influencers can provide to campaigns, how their working relationship looks like in practice, and how storytelling...
Digital Politics in Canada: Parties, Memes, and the Courts, with Dr. Tamara Small
February 21, 2021 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBDr. Tamara A. Small, Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Guelph, discusses her research on social media and politics in Canada. We start out with her latest edited volume Digital Politics in Canada: Promises and Realities (2020, University of Toronto Press). We then dive into Dr. Small's research on Canadian party leaders' use of Twitter, citizens' sharing of memes about Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau, and how Canadian courts use social media. We also cover ho...
Information Theory, Algorithms, and Political Polarization, with Prof. Martin Hilbert
February 07, 2021 08:00 - 42 minutes - 38.6 MBMartin Hilbert, Professor of Communication at UC-Davis, discusses his research on algorithms and polarization. Prof. Hilbert introduces information theory and how it can be applied to studying the transfer of emotions via algorithms. We break down some of Prof. Hilbert's recent studies, as well as his current thinking around detaching from social algorithms. The studies discussed in the episode: Behavioral Experiments With Social Algorithms: An Information Theoretic Approach to Input-Outpu...
Digital Ads for Political Mobilization and Persuasion, with Nick Ahamed
January 24, 2021 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBNick Ahamed, Director of Analytics at Priorities USA, shares his research on the effectiveness of digital ads for increasing voter turnout and support for Democrats. We discuss the field and survey experiments that Priorities USA has been running to find the optimal messaging strategies, targeting approaches, and treatment lengths for political social media ads during elections.
2020 Year in Review! Social Media and Politics, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
December 20, 2020 08:00 - 2 hours - 140 MBDr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten joins for the 5th Annual Social Media and Politics Year in Review! We answer listener questions and present six gifts, each representing big events that shaped social media and politics this year. 25:18 - Platform Year in Review Reports 53:08 - Platforms and Activism (Belarus and Thailand) 1:16:26 - Political Ad Effectiveness 1:38:00 - Platform Regulation (Digital Services Act and Digital Markets Act) 2:02:31 - Tweets from the Dead 2:17:00 - Platform Fragmen...
Audience Development, Online Political Journalism, and Social Media, with Sofia Diogo Mateus
November 29, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.3 MBSofia Diogo Mateus, Audience Development Editor at Politico Europe, discusses the role of social media in online political journalism. We talk about the importance of audience development, the tools used to assist in online publishing and measuring engagement, and the benefits and pitfalls of user generated content (UGC). We also discuss Sofia's work as Head of Facebook at Deutsche Welle, strategies around content moderation, and the value of reporting political news for international audien...
Incivility, Intolerance, and Misinformation Sharing on Social Media and News Websites, with Dr. Patricía Rossini
November 15, 2020 08:00 - 53 minutes - 48.7 MBDr. Patricía Rossini, Derby Fellow in the Department of Communication and Media at the University of Liverpool, discusses her latest research on informal political talk online. We break down differences between incivility and intolerance in online discussions, as well as misinformation sharing across Facebook and WhatsApp. The two studies we discuss in the episode are: Beyond Incivility: Understanding Patterns of Uncivil and Intolerant Discourse in Online Political Talk Dysfunctional In...
Instagram for Political Campaigning, Agenda Setting, and the 2020 US Election
October 25, 2020 08:00 - 40 minutes - 37.5 MBDr. Terri Towner, Professor of Political Science at Oakland University, discusses her research on political campaigning and information on Instagram. We also give first impressions from the last presidential debate between Trump and Biden, and break down some poll results about citizens' social media use during the coronavirus pandemic. Here are the two studies we discuss in the episode: The Image is the Message: Instagram Marketing and the 2016 Presidential Primary Season Instagramming...
Bad News, Social Media, and Digital Campaigning in Britain, with Dr. Mark Pack
October 04, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBDr. Mark Pack, President of the Liberal Democrats, guests to discuss his new book: "Bad News: What the Headlines Don't Tell Us." We talk about some of the flaws of election campaign coverage and how to be better consumers of news using social media. Dr. Pack also shares his insights on digital campaigning in Britain, where he ran digital operations for the LibDems in the 2001 and 2005 general elections.
The Hype Machine: Political Implications of the Social Media Industrial Complex, with Prof. Sinan Aral
September 20, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.1 MBSinan Aral, David Austin Professor of Management at MIT and Director of MIT's Initiative on the Digital Economy, discusses his new book "The Hype Machine: How Social Media Disrupts Our Elections, Our Economy, and Our Health—and How We Must Adapt." Prof. Aral breaks down key theoretical concepts from the book, which outlines some of the fundamental mechanisms for how social media platforms operate. We also discuss the science behind these concepts and their implications for elections, politi...
Data-Driven Political Campaigning in Germany, with Dr. André Haller and Simon Kruschinski
September 06, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42.2 MBDr. André Haller (University of Applied Sciences Kufstein Tyrol) and Simon Kruschinski (University of Mainz) share their research into data-driven political campaigning in Germany. We discuss the key political, legal, and cultural factors that influence German politicians digital campaigning, differences in organic posts versus paid advertisements, and how social media platforms have been used by fringe political actors. Here's the research paper we discuss in the episode: Restrictions on D...
China's Influence Operations, Propaganda, and Disinformation, with Vanessa Molter
August 23, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.6 MBVanessa Molter, Graduate Research Assistant at the Stanford Internet Observatory, breaks down her new report: "Telling China's Story: The Chinese Communist Party's Campaign to Shape Global Narratives." We discuss what researchers currently know about China's influence operations on social media, how they compare with Russia's disinformation strategies, and dive into the report's three case studies: the 2019 Hong Kong protests, the 2020 Taiwanese presidential elections, and the Covid-19 pan...
Data Science across Academia, Industry, and Progressive Campaigns, with Dr. Solomon Messing
August 09, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37 MBDr. Solomon Messing, Chief Scientist at ACRONYM and Affiliated Researcher at Georgetown University, shares his insights on data science across academia, the tech industry, and political campaigning space. We discuss how computational social science methods have changed over time, and how system architectures can be built to protect social media users' privacy. We also chat about current trends that Dr. Messing is observing at ACRONYM relating to the persuasiveness and cost of political ads o...
Digital Media, Democracy, and the Retooling of Politics, with Dr. Andreas Jungherr
July 19, 2020 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBDr. Andreas Jungherr, Assistant Professor for Social Science Data Collection and Analysis at the University of Konstanz, guests to discuss his latest book, "Retooling Politics: How Digital Media are Shaping Democracy." We chat about the state of social media research in political science and political communication, and what we currently know about echo chambers, polarization, and election prediction. We also discuss how digital media is shaping political campaigning and the role it might ...
Digital Organizing for Progressive Campaigns and Advocacy, with Ned Howey
July 05, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.6 MBNed Howey, CEO of Tectonica, discusses the international firm's approach to digital organizing for progressive campaigns. We focus on how Tectonica's digital solutions integrate with NationBuilder, some key principles of website design, and how to engage supporters with an authentic strategy and tone.
Black Lives Matter Social Media Narratives outside the US, with James MacGregor
June 22, 2020 16:57 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBJames MacGregor, Managing Director at Bakamo Public, discusses the main narratives in social media conversations around Black Lives Matter in the UK, Turkey, and Hungary. We break down how key themes from the US protests are translated into these different national contexts, as well as how the online debate has evolved since the protests started.
Persuasion Effects of Psychometric Targeting and Chatbots, with Dr. Brahim Zarouali
May 31, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBDr. Brahim Zarouali, Assistant Professor in Persuasive Communication at the University of Amsterdam, discusses his research on social media political ads and their effectiveness on different personality types (introverts and extroverts). We break down the findings from two experiments, which try and replicate the psychometric targeting techniques of firms like Cambridge Analytica by appealing to users' psychological traits and emotions. We also discuss the de-polarization potential of chatb...
Persuasion Effects of Pyschometric Targeting and Chatbots, with Dr. Brahim Zarouali
May 31, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 35.9 MBDr. Brahim Zarouali, Assistant Professor in Persuasive Communication at the University of Amsterdam, discusses his research on social media political ads and their effectiveness on different personality types (introverts and extroverts). We break down the findings from two experiments, which try and replicate the pyschometric targeting techniques of firms like Cambridge Analytica by appealing to users' psychological traits and emotions. We also discuss the de-polarization potential...
Political Voiceovers for Democratic Campaigns, with Maria Pendolino and Ian Fishman
May 10, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42 MBMaria and Ian are co-founders of Blue Wave Voiceover, a collective of professional voiceover actors lending their voices to Democratic campaigns. We discuss the role of voices in political ads, the back-end of reading political copy, and some of the differences between commercial and political voiceovers. We also demo the script reading process with real political ads, and change their tone to showcase what voiceover actors can do! Here's the final version of the ads we discuss in the epis...
Health Misinformation Correction on Social Media, with Dr. Leticia Bode
April 26, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 44.3 MBDr. Leticia Bode, Associate Professor at Georgetown University, discusses her research on social media and health misinformation correction. We break down several experiments that test the effectiveness of digital misinformation correction in the context of the Zika virus. We also talk about what the findings might mean for public health organizations' social media strategy in times of crisis. Towards the end, we also look at some of Dr. Bode's ongoing research investigating the coronavirus ...
Online Engagement and Digital Campaigning for Pete Buttigieg, with Stefan Smith
April 12, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.2 MBStefan Smith, former Online Engagement Director at Pete for America, discusses the role of social media in digital organizing and campaigning during the 2020 Democratic Primaries. We break down two of Stefan's grassroots initiatives -- the Digital Captains program and Digital Door Knocking program -- and how they contributed to the overall campaign. We also talk about the political viability of Pinterest and Reddit, alongside more traditional platforms like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram.
What American History Teaches us about Political Communication, with Dr. Ben Epstein
March 29, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.4 MBDr. Ben Epstein, Associate Professor of Political Science at DePaul University, guests to discuss the role of history in understanding contemporary political communication. We take a deep dive in Dr. Epstein's book The Only Constant is Change: Technology, Political Communication, and Innovation over Time, published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Epstein explains how the development of newspapers, the radio, and Internet fundamentally changed political communication practices for political...
House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee, with Lord David Puttnam and Dr. Kate Dommett
March 15, 2020 08:00 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBLord David Puttnam and Dr. Kate Dommett guest to discuss the work on the British House of Lords select committee "Democracy and Digital Technologies." The committee seeks to investigate the pros and cons of digital technologies around six key areas: transparency in political campaigns; privacy and anonymity; misinformation; the effects of digital technology on public discourse; how technology can facilitate democracy; and the development of effective digital literacy. We discuss the motiv...
Video Search Engines and Petey Vid as an Alternative to Google Video Search, with Craig Stadler
March 01, 2020 08:00 - 28 minutes - 26.3 MBCraig Stadler, Founder and CEO of Petey Vid, guests to discuss the video search engine landscape and his alternative to the dominance of Google and YouTube: Petey Vid. Petey Vid offers users video content from 60+ different sources while not tracking users’ search history or IP addresses. We break down Craig’s motivations behind starting Petey Vid, how it’s search architecture is structured, and what separates it from YouTube.
Content Moderation and the Politics of Social Media Platforms, with Dr. Tarleton Gillespie
February 16, 2020 08:00 - 57 minutes - 52.5 MBDr. Tarleton Gillespie, Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research and Associate Professor of Communication at Cornell University, guests for our 100th episode! We revisit Dr. Gillespie's 2010 study "The Politics of Platforms" as well as discuss his latest book: "Custodians of the Internet: Platforms, Content Moderation, and the Hidden Decisions that Shape Social Media." We discuss how social media companies strategically position themselves through discourse, the early adoption of social ...
Information Gerrymandering on Social Networks, with Dr. Alexander Stewart
January 26, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48 MBDr. Alexander Stewart, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Houston, guests to discuss his research on "information gerrymandering," recently published in Nature. The study uses a voter game, mathematical modelling, social media data, and legislative data to examine how information asymmetries in social networks impact collective decision-making processes. We break down the study, and the implications of its findings for democracy. Read the full study, and check out the vide...
Political Mobilization in the 2019 EU Election Campaign
January 12, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBStephen Clark, Director for Liaison Offices at the European Parliament, guests to discuss his role coordinating the Parliament's election campaign in the 2019 European Elections. We discuss the Parliament's social media strategy, its focus on mobilizing citizens through the "ground game," and the reaction to the Parliament's campaign video "Choose your Future." Listen to Steve discuss the Parliament's strategy before the elections on the EuroPCom podcast!
Political Mobilization in the 2019 EU Election Campaign, with Stephen Clark
January 12, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.2 MBStephen Clark, Director for Liaison Offices at the European Parliament, guests to discuss his role coordinating the Parliament's election campaign in the 2019 European Elections. We discuss the Parliament's social media strategy, its focus on mobilizing citizens through the "ground game," and the reaction to the Parliament's campaign video "Choose your Future." Listen to Steve discuss the Parliament's strategy before the elections on the EuroPCom podcast!
2019 Year in Review, with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
December 23, 2019 08:58 - 2 hours - 125 MBThe 2019 Year in Review! We break down the top trends and developments of this year and look forward to the decade ahead. We talk about the posts that garnered the most engagement on platforms like Twitter, Reddit, and Pornhub (no Facebook this year), look into the growing importance of TikTok, and chat about digital taxation, Epstein, and so much more. Tune in!
Pro-Trump Social Networks: The Donald on Reddit and TheDonald.win
December 03, 2019 21:33 - 38 minutes - 34.9 MBA moderator of Reddit's The Donald guests to discuss the notorious subreddit community, and the new pro-Trump online forum: TheDonald.win. We discuss the role of memes in these online forums, how memes are used for redpilling, and the steps Reddit has taken to limit the reach of pro-Trump social networks.
Political Advertising on Facebook and Television, with Prof. Travis Ridout
November 24, 2019 08:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBProf. Travis Ridout, Distinguished Professor of Government and Politics at Washington State University, guests to discuss a new study examining American campaigns' political advertising on Facebook and television in the 2018 US midterm elections. We break down some of the key differences between the two media in terms of who is more likely to use Facebook advertising, when and where online ads are most likely to occur, and how the topics and tone of ads across the two media differ. Read th...
Warren's Meme Team, with Misha Leybovich
November 17, 2019 08:00 - 42 minutes - 39 MBMisha Leybovich, Organizer for Warren's Meme Team, guests to discuss how memetic templates can be used for grassroots political campaigning. We break down the plan for Warren's Meme Team, its focus on augmented reality (AR) lenses, and what the response to the initiative has been like so far. Read the full plan here.
Political Self-Expression on Social Media, with Dr. Dan Lane
October 27, 2019 08:00 - 40 minutes - 36.7 MBDr. Dan Lane, Assistant Professor of Communication at UC Santa Barbara, guests to discuss his research on how political self-expression influences citizens' perceptions of their political selves as citizens. We also talk about how certain design features of social media seem to affect youth political expression, and how different acts of self-expression can influence political self concepts to varying degrees. Here are the three studies we discussed in the episode: Social Media Expressio...
Protest, Participation, and Cross-Cutting Exposure on Social Media, with Dr. Sebastian Valenzuela
October 06, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45 MBDr. Sebastian Valenzuela, Associate Professor of Communication at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, guests to discuss two studies on how social media impact political participation. The first study demonstrates how both Facebook and Twitter contribute to protest participation, but they do so through different pathways that relate to strong and weak tie social networks. The second study is a meta-analysis of existing research, and it explores whether exposure to cross-cutting inf...
Data Science Tools for the 2020 Census, with Chris Dick
September 22, 2019 07:00 - 26 minutes - 24.5 MBChris Dick, Director of Applied Data Science at Civis Analytics, guests to discuss how data science approaches are being used to increase participation in the 2020 US Census. We talk about some of the political and financial challenges facing the census, what types of data are being used models of hard-to-count communities, and how different types of messaging can either increase or decrease Census response rates. Learn more about the Civis Census Intelligence Center here!
Tracking Attention on Social Media for the 2020 Democratic Primaries, with Neal Rothschild
September 08, 2019 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBNeal Rothschild, Associate Director of Growth at Axios, guests to discuss the Axios-NewsWhip 2020 Attention Tracker. The attention tracker monitors candidate and issue mentions across Facebook and Twitter, and we talk about how the technology is used in Axios's reporting of the 2020 Democratic Primaries.
Fake News, Disinformation, and Social Media Campaigning in Norway, with Dr. Bente Kalsnes
August 25, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBDr. Bente Kalsnes, Associate Professor of Communication at Kristiania University College, guests to discuss her new book "Fake News: Lies, Disinformation, and Propaganda in the Digital Public Sphere." We also break down politicians' social media campaigning in Norway, how this campaigning is changing ahead of the 2019 local elections, and look at some early Norwegian social media sites that predated Facebook
Making Memes to Support Donald Trump, with Carpe Donktum
August 11, 2019 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBCarpe Donktum, the pseudonym for a citizen who makes memes to support Donald Trump, guests to discuss his work. We talk about some of the memes that the President has retweeted on Twitter, as well as differences in meme making cultures across Reddit, 4chan, and 8chan. Here are the memes discussed in the episode: NPC Infowars Winner State of the Union Biden Meme Acosta Meme And, a link to my paper on political campaigns' use of computer games!
Natural Language Processing with Social Media Data, with Dr. Leon Derczynski
July 28, 2019 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49 MBDr. Leon Derczynski, Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the IT University of Copenhagen, guests to discuss how natural language processing and computational linguistics can be applied to social media data. We break down several of Dr. Derczynski's EU-funded research projects, from detecting the informativeness of tweets in crisis communication to assessing the veracity of claims through comment patterns on Twitter and Reddit. Dr. Derczynski also shares his thoughts on machine learn...
The Platform Society, Public Values, and Politics, with Prof. José van Dijck
July 14, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBJosé van Dijck, Distinguished Professor in Media and Society at Utrecht University, guests to discuss her latest book, The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford University Press). We break down key concepts from the book, including Platform Societies and Platform Power. We discuss the importance of public values in the Platform Society, and how these values might differ across the United States, the European Union, and China. Prof. van Dijck also shares her thoughts...
The Platform Society, Public Values, and Politics, with Dr. José van Dijck
July 14, 2019 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBDr. José van Dijck, Distinguished Professor in Media and Society at Utrecht University, guests to discuss her latest book, The Platform Society: Public Values in a Connective World (Oxford University Press). We break down key concepts from the book, including Platform Societies and Platform Power. We discuss the importance of public values in the Platform Society, and how these values might differ across the United States, the European Union, and China. Dr. van Dijck also shares her though...
Strategic Communication at the Council of the European Union, with Alexandra Ekkelenkamp
June 30, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.6 MBAlexandra Ekkelenkamp, Advisor to the Director of Media and Communications at the Council of the European Union, discusses how the EU Council uses social media for strategic communication. Alexandra shares her insights about how social media campaigns reflect the Council's work, how that creates authenticity, and how to incorporate local versus European narratives when communicating to the EU public. Alexandra also shares her work for Donald Tusk's personal social media account, and in part...
Authentic Campaigns, Social Media, and Politics, with Loren Merchan and Jonathan Barnes
June 16, 2019 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.1 MBLoren Merchan and Jonathan Barnes guest to discuss the concept of authenticity and authentic campaigns in US elections. We break down the concept of authenticity, and discuss how digital and social media can be leveraged to make a candidate seem more authentic during a campaign. Find out more about Authentic Campaigns here!
Mapping Migration Narratives in the EU with Social Media Data, with Kata Füge
June 09, 2019 07:00 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBKata Füge, Social Media Analyst at Bakamo Social, discusses Bakamo's latest study charting citizens' online discussions about immigration across Europe. We break down the main findings of the study, the main narratives used by EU citizens to discuss migration in online spaces, as well as the methodology behind it. Click here to see the study's interactive dashboard, and find out what narratives about migration are popular in your country!
Italian Politics, Digital Campaigning, and Social Media, with Dino Amenduni
June 02, 2019 07:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBDino Amenduni, Political Strategist and Partner at Proforma, guests to discuss his work campaigning for Partito Democratico (PD) in Italy. We talk about the role of social media in digital campaigning for Italian politics, the enduring importance of television, and differences between local, national, and European elections.
European Parliament Elections 2019: Results and Breakdown of the EU Elections with Dr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten
May 27, 2019 06:29 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBDr. Anamaria Dutceac Segesten, Assistant Professor of European Studies at Lund University, guests to discuss a live breakdown of the EU election results. We talk about the election results, the European Parliament's digital campaign, and what it all means for Europe. Here's the 2019 European Parliament's promo video: Choose your Future. And the 2014 video: Act. React. Impact.
Strategic Narratives in International Relations and Digital Diplomacy, with Dr. Ben O'Loughlin
May 19, 2019 07:00 - 27 minutes - 25 MBDr. Ben O'Loughlin, Professor of International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London, guests to discuss how diplomats use strategic narratives in managing international relations. We break down the concept of strategic narrative, which includes paying attention to the media environment. Dr. O'Loughlin explains the relationship between narrative and digital media, while providing examples from the 2015 Iran Deal and ongoing discussions around nuclear policy.
Presidential Campaigning, Digital Media, and US Elections, with Prof. Jennifer Stromer-Galley
May 12, 2019 15:00 - 52 minutes - 48.4 MBJennifer Stromer-Galley, Professor of Information Studies at Syracuse University, guests to share her research on American presidential campaigns and their digital media use since 1996. We discuss her award-winning book, Presidential Campaigning in the Internet Age, as well as its upcoming second edition, which includes a chapter on the 2016 election. Professor Stromer-Galley breaks down how American campaigns' digital strategy has changed over time, how it hasn't, and what these practices...