Winning on Social Media: Candidate Social-Mediated Communication and Voting During the 2016 US Presidential Election

The 2016 US Presidential Election provided an opportunity to examine how political candidates’ use of social media can affect voting intentions. This study considers how political candidates can use social media to increase potential supporters’ perceptions that they will win the election, providing...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Timothy Macafee, Bryan McLaughlin, Nathian Shae Rodriguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-03-01
Series:Social Media + Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305119826130