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Reassessing Twitter’s Agenda-Building Power

Published:2017-07-04 Issue:4 Volume:36 Page:469-483
ISSN:0894-4393
Container-title:Social Science Computer Review
language:en
Short-container-title:Social Science Computer Review

Author:

Conway-Silva Bethany A.¹,Filer Christine R.²,Kenski Kate²,Tsetsi Eric²

Affiliation:

1. California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA

2. University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between elite news media agendas and campaign agendas during the 2016 presidential primary season. Computer-assisted content analysis was used to assess issue emphasis within Twitter feeds of U.S. presidential primary candidates and their campaigns as well as the nation’s top newspapers. The relationship between the overall Twitter agenda and that of newspapers, as well as the influence of front-runners Clinton, Cruz, Sanders, and Trump, was investigated using time series analysis. Aggregate and candidate-specific findings reveal some reciprocal relationships, but overall greater influence of newspapers on the Twitter agenda was detected. Findings suggest that Twitter has the potential to break free from and influence traditional media gatekeeping.

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Subject

Law,Library and Information Sciences,Computer Science Applications,General Social Sciences

Link

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0894439317715430

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