Includes bibliographical references and index.

The 2020 U.S. presidential election and social media and Trump : fomenting controversy and distrust in the democratic system / John Allen Hendricks and Dan Schill -- Social media bonding and bridging in the political polarization of the 2020 presidenial election / Hyun Jung Yun -- Incivility in 2020 presidential candidate social media posts and posts that cite them / Kate Kenski, Stephen A. Rains, Yotam Shmargad, Kevin Coe, and Steve Bethard -- Emotional contagion as the new propaganda? : examining fear's mediating effect on political advertising exposure in social media / Abby Hendricks, Kristen Sussman, and Pooja Iyer -- Presidential tweets in the news : how did the partisan news media report on the candidates' tweets during the U.S. 2020 presidential election campaign? / Monica Ancu, Miyoung Chong, and Stephen Song -- How social media shaped political expression, partisan identity, and Trumpism : resistance efforts during the 2020 U.S. presidential election / Pamela A. Labbe -- Voters-turned-political influencers : social media users maintain popularity by cultivating support for 2020 U.S. presidential election candidates / Katelyn E. Brooks and Mariah L. Wellman -- Platform guardrails : social media accountability and political communication / Joshua M. Scacco, Andrew J. Anderson, and Mitchell Popovic -- Information warfare fostering political polarization : Facebook sddiction, news redibility, and concern of foreign interference / Danielle R. Mehlman-Brightwell and Mark J. Piwinsky -- The 'big lie' lurked online : social media and perceptions of electoral integrity prior to election 2020 / Sharon E. Jarvis and Dakota Park-Ozee -- The politically engaged : Gen Z's use of TikTok and Instagram in the 2020 presidential elections / Nune Grigoryan -- Advancing populist rhetoric through the 'migrant caravan' frame / Daniela V. Dimitrova and Beau Coberley -- Late-night political humor and the 2020 presidential campaign : still all Trump, all the time / Stephen J. Farnsworth, S. Robert Lichter, Farah Latif, and Sally Burkley -- Blame the cobwebs or the spiders? : the impact of social media use on political knowledge and political participation / Alec Tefertiller and Raluca Cozma -- Narrating the pandemic : compounding crisis, metajournalism, politics & presidential responses between communication ecology and collective memory / Daryl A. Carter and Mildred F. Perreault.

"Social media and social networking services are integrated into the American political process and have profoundly influenced political communication and participation. Social media platforms have transformed the political landscape by revolutionizing information dissemination, citizen engagement, and public opinion formation and change. Politicians use social media to communicate directly with voters in an unmediated and unfiltered manner. Comparatively, voters use social media to follow the latest messaging from politicians accompanied by demonstrating their support for particular politicians. This book is a comprehensive examination of the role of digital and social media in the 2020 U.S. presidential election. Political discourse during the 2020 election revealed political disharmony and a deep political division among vast swaths of Americans that was powered, in part, by social media. This book reveals how digital and social media have reshaped power dynamics by altering the relationships among citizens, politicians, and traditional media outlets, the emergence of new influencers, and the impact of online activism on policy agendas. This book, Social Media Politics, includes scholars with varied backgrounds and experience, using both quantitative and qualitative methodologies, from leading research institutions around the nation. Students, scholars, and practitioners will gain new knowledge to more clearly understand the role social media played in the 2020 presidential campaign"-- Provided by publisher.

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