Twitter and the Election: A Comparison of how Candidates Used Twitter and how They Ran Their Campaign

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Abstract: The candidates' usage of Twitter dominated political coverage this past election cycle. Much attention was put on the fact that the negative attacks, which have been a trend in presidential debates, spewed over to the social networking site. However, Twitter can also give light on more about a campaign than just the negative things one candidate has to say about another. This paper looks at the past two presidential elections and the similarities between how the candidates used Twitter along with how they ran their campaigns.

Type of resource	text
Date created	June 5, 2017

Author	Watkins, Jordan
Primary advisor	Iyengar, Shanto
Degree granting institution	Stanford University, Department of Communication

Subject	Stanford University Department of Communication
Subject	Twitter
Subject	Donald Trump
Subject	Hillary Clinton
Subject	Campaign
Subject	Social Media
Genre	Thesis

Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/cv209yv2451

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Preferred Citation: Watkins, Jordan. (2017). Twitter and the Election: A Comparison of how Candidates Used Twitter and how They Ran Their Campaign. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at: http://purl.stanford.edu/cv209yv2451

Masters Theses in Media Studies, Department of Communication, Stanford University

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