Studying Politics Across Media

Leticia Bode is an Associate Professor in the Communication, Culture, and Technology Master’s Program at Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA. Her work lies at the intersection of communication, technology, and political behavior, emphasizing the role communication and information technologies may play in the acquisition, use, effects, and implications of political information.Emily K. Vraga is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication at George Mason University, Fairfax, USA. She researches how individuals process information about contentious political, scientific, and health issues in digital media, and tests methods to correct misinformation, limit biased processing, and encourage attention to diverse content.

• 1. Studying Politics Across Media 2. In Their Own Words: Political Practitioner Accounts of Candidates, Audiences, Affordances, Genres, and Timing in Strategic Social Media Use 3. Issue Consistency? Comparing Television Advertising, Tweets, and E-mail in the 2014 Senate Campaigns 4. Election Campaigning on Social Media: Politicians, Audiences, and the Mediation of Political Communication on Facebook and Twitter 5. Learning From News on Different Media Platforms: An Eye-Tracking Experiment 6. Platforms for Incivility: Examining Perceptions Across Different Media Formats 7. Ties, Likes, and Tweets: Using Strong and Weak Ties to Explain Differences in Protest Participation Across Facebook and Twitter Use