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The Social Media Presidency: New Media and Unilateral Information Dissemination

Orndorff, Harold Nelson, III
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303303603

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2011, Doctor of Philosophy, Miami University, Political Science.
Two concurrent developments have been taking place in American politics over the past few decades: the development of social media and the growth of presidential power. It is the assertion of this work that the emergent social media is offering the presidency the ability to bypass the fourth estate. In short, the presidency is gaining autonomy in the 21st century not just from other governing institutions, but from the press itself. In order to document this change, this work proposes to examine the data from the current Obama administration to assess and examine how social media is changing executive governance and offering the presidency new press autonomy. Such an evolution can only serve to not only change the executive interaction with the press, but also with the populace at large.
Ryan Barilleaux (Advisor)
Christopher Kelley (Committee Member)
Bryan Marshall (Committee Member)
Andrew Cayton (Committee Member)
146 p.
Political Science
media; new media; social media; president; presidency; press; presidential power; technology and politics

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  • Orndorff, III, H. N. (2011). The Social Media Presidency: New Media and Unilateral Information Dissemination [Doctoral dissertation, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303303603

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Orndorff, III, Harold. The Social Media Presidency: New Media and Unilateral Information Dissemination. 2011. Miami University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303303603.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Orndorff, III, Harold. "The Social Media Presidency: New Media and Unilateral Information Dissemination." Doctoral dissertation, Miami University, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1303303603

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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