Social Relationships and Spread: An Alternative to Algorithms in Understanding Social Media

• In Event: Internet Politics: The Spread of Political Agendas and Issues on Social Media

Brief Overview

Attention to the role of algorithms in social media has obscured recognition of social relationships in the flow of communication. We use 2020 presidential campaign Twitter data to show social relationships constitute huge spread in communication.

Authors

• G. R. Boynton, University of Iowa

• Glenn W. Richardson Jr., Kutztown University of Pennsylvania