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Tweeting is leading : how senators communicate and represent in the age of Twitter

Title
Tweeting is leading : how senators communicate and represent in the age of Twitter / Annelise Russell.
Author
Russell, Annelise
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]

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Description
x, 268 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
"Social media is changing the business of representation and lawmaker reputation-building, and this book uses the U.S. Senate to illustrate the constituent-driven nature of political communication. I offer a critical analysis of senators' communication on Twitter, the forces that shape it, and the agendas that result. Senators strategically communicate a political image that reflects their unique political persona. They have to decide what they want to be known for, crafting communications that prioritize legislation, constituent service, and party politics in ways that meet the interests of their constituencies and foster promising electoral returns. Senators' communicated, public priorities - what I term the rhetorical agenda - offers a necessary tool for understanding how senators link their carefully crafted public image with potential voters. The rhetorical agenda uses more than 180,000 lawmaker tweets to challenge what we know about representation, removing the institutional and political constraints on congressional communication and giving lawmakers a messaging platform where individual discretion is high, the relative costs are low, and someone is always watching"--
Series Statement
Oxford studies in digital politics
Uniform Title
Oxford studies in digital politics.
Subject
  • United States. Congress. Senate > Constituent communication
  • United States. Congress. Senate
  • Twitter
  • Communication in politics > United States
  • Social media > Political aspects > United States
  • Microblogs > Political aspects > United States
  • Communication in politics
  • Social media > Political aspects
  • United States
Genre/Form
Informational works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
: Introduction -- Rhetorical agendas : a new framework for Senate representation -- Communicating Congressional priorities in the digital age -- "Short, not-so-sweet, and to (some) point" : Senate Tweets in 2013 and 2015 -- Categorizing Senators' Tweets and styles of communication -- Putting policy first : building a reputation as a policy wonk -- All politics is local : senators prioritize constituent service -- Partisan agendas : two parties, two patterns of partisan rhetoric -- Prioritization and representation : a future for social media and agenda-setting.
Call Number
JFE 22-928
ISBN
  • 9780197582275
  • 0197582273
  • 9780197582268
  • 0197582265
LCCN
2021010077
OCLC
1243908462
Author
Russell, Annelise, author.
Title
Tweeting is leading : how senators communicate and represent in the age of Twitter / Annelise Russell.
Publisher
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Oxford studies in digital politics
Oxford studies in digital politics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 22-928
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