Does the Medium Change the Message? Comparing Results Across Five Mediums of Congressional Text

• In Event: Computational Methods in American Politics

Brief Overview

It's unclear the how similarly legislators present themselves across platforms, nor is it clear how analytic approach may amplify differences. Here, we examine these questions by focusing on 5 mediums and 2 different analytic approaches.

Authors

• Jonathan Green, Northeastern University

• Rachel M Blum, University of Oklahoma

• Kelsey Shoub, University of Massachusetts-Amherst

• Lindsey Cormack, Stevens Institute of Technology