The Networked Democratic Spectator
In this brief essay, I argue that the idea of “social media” is symbolically powerful in the political domain precisely because political actors conflate it broadly with “social relations” and, even more, “public opinion.” To do so, I draw on two recent empirical studies I conducted that analyze soc...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2015-04-01
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| Series: | Social Media + Society |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305115578876 |