Presents a collection of essays offering opposing viewpoints on topics relating the use of social media in politics and how social media sites have changed the political landscape in the United States.
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The majority of social media users are frustrated over political content / Maeve Duggan and Aaron Smith -- Does increased use of social media reflect greater political engagement? / John Wihbey -- Social media's negative influence on politicians / Taylor Allison -- How social media is used in modern campaigns / Pamela Rutledge -- How social media negatively impacted the 2016 election / Sam Sanders -- President Trump's Twitter use is unheralded / Tamara Keith -- The decontextualization of politics in social media / Neal Gabler -- The use of social media is one sources of political disintermediation / Nilagia McCoy -- Social media has changed politics forever / Deana A. Rohlinger -- Social media can be misleading / Filippo Menczer -- Social media trends are an accurate indicator of political behavior / Joseph DiGrazia, Karissa McKelvey, Johan Bollen, and Fabio Rojas -- Social media drives more political engagement / Darrell M. West -- The media no longer breaks political news / Lumen Learning -- Social media can spread false information / Phil Howard -- The power behind political social media is virality / Tom Murse -- Social media can't fix world politics / Rania Fakhoury -- Trolling, tribalism, and performance on social media / Lam Thuy Vo.