Digital discussions: how big data informs political communication

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TextSeries: New agendas in communicationPublication details: Routledge 2019 New YorkDescription: x, 200 p. Includes indexISBN:

9780815381860

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320.973014 D4

Summary: Big data raise major research possibilities for political communication scholars who are interested in how citizens, elites, and journalists interact. With the availability of social media data, academics can observe, on a large scale, how people talk about politics. The opportunity to study political discussions is also available to media organizations and political elites - examining how they make use of big data represents another fruitful scholarly trajectory. The scholars involved in Digital Discussions represent forward thinkers who aim to inform the study of political communication by analyzing the behavior of and messages left by citizens, elites, and journalists in digital spaces. By using a variety of methodological approaches and bringing together diverse theoretical perspectives, this group sheds light on how big data can inform political communication research. It is critical reading for those studying and working in communication studies with a focus on big data. https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Discussions-How-Big-Data-Informs-Political-Communication-1st/Stroud-McGregor/p/book/9781351209434

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Big Data in Political Communication
Natalie J. Stroud & Shannon McGregor

Chapter 2: Normalizing Digital Trace Data
Andreas Jungherr

Chapter 3: Everything Old is New Again: Big Data and Methodological Transparency
Leticia Bode

Chapter 4: Ignorance or Uncertainty: How the "Black Box" Dilemma in Big Data Research May "Misinform" Political Communication
Lei Guo

Chapter 5: Why Don’t Tweets Consistently Track Elections? Lessons from Linking Twitter and Survey Data Streams
Josh Pasek and Jake Dailey

Chapter 6: Inferring Individual-Level Characteristics from Digital Trace Data: Issues and Recommendations
Deen Freelon

Chapter 7: The Technical, the Personal, and the Political: Understanding Journalists and News Users’ Engagement in the New York Times Comments Section
Ashley Muddiman

Chapter 8: Is Yik Yak a Platform for Political Communication? Exploring College Students’ Communication on an Emergent Social Media Platform
Chris Vargo and Toby Hopp

Chapter 9: Data-Driven Campaigning
Jesse Baldwin-Philippi

Chapter 10: "Little Marco," "Lyin’ Ted," "Crooked Hillary," and the "Biased" Media: How Trump Used Twitter to Attack and Organize
Ayellet Pelled, Josephine Lukito, Fred Boehm, JangHwan Yang, and Dhavan Shah

Big data raise major research possibilities for political communication scholars who are interested in how citizens, elites, and journalists interact. With the availability of social media data, academics can observe, on a large scale, how people talk about politics. The opportunity to study political discussions is also available to media organizations and political elites - examining how they make use of big data represents another fruitful scholarly trajectory. The scholars involved in Digital Discussions represent forward thinkers who aim to inform the study of political communication by analyzing the behavior of and messages left by citizens, elites, and journalists in digital spaces. By using a variety of methodological approaches and bringing together diverse theoretical perspectives, this group sheds light on how big data can inform political communication research. It is critical reading for those studying and working in communication studies with a focus on big data.

https://www.routledge.com/Digital-Discussions-How-Big-Data-Informs-Political-Communication-1st/Stroud-McGregor/p/book/9781351209434

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