The Role of the Internet in Presidential Campaigns

Campaign Agenda-Building Online: The Effects of Online Information Source and Interactivity on Affective Evaluations and the Salience of the Election

“…Controlled, unfiltered messaging on campaign Web sites facilitates candidates' efforts to establish ideological unity and develop closer connections with their followers (Hindman, 2009). Campaign Web sites also serve as an effective fundraising and recruiting tool (Pollard, Chesebro, & Studinski, 2009). Moreover, Web sites offer "an unmediated, holistic, and representative portrait of campaigns" (Druckman, Kifer, & Parkin, 2009, p. 343).…”

Privilege as a Function of Profit: Network Neutrality and the Digital Public Sphere

“…Social media networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube have emerged as legitimate avenues for politicians and government agencies to directly engage citizens. 17 One particularly interesting agenda promoted by the Obama administration has been to promote the publication of easy-to-access information from government agencies on government websites.…”

Mobilizing Political Information on the Websites of U.S. Labor

“…More recently, politicians and the public have moved from simply using the web to distributing and acquiring information via social networks (Pollard, Chesebro, and Studinski 2009). A study by the Pew Research Center found that 12 percent of adults used Facebook for presidential campaign information in 2012 (Smith 2013).…”