Medium is the Message? Understanding the Effects of Different Communication Mediums on Political Behavior and Public Opinion in the Digital Age

• In Event: New Directions in Media Effects

Brief Overview

Using Twitter data, text and sentiment analysis, and an experiment, we explore how different digital communication mediums influence the behavior of political elites and the opinions of the mass public in the context of the family separation crisis.

Authors

• Emily D. Bello-Pardo, American University

• Lily Fesler, Stanford Graduate School of Education

• Natalie Gallagher, Northwestern University

• Tina Law, Northwestern University

• Iacopo Pozzana, Birkbeck, University of London