Social media platforms like Twitter enable policymakers to communicate their policy
preferences directly and provide a bird's‐eye view of their diverse policy agendas. In this …

The microblogging platform, Twitter, has been an extremely valuable tool for politicians in
sharing information, fostering broader communication to constituents, and promoting their …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand why some Senators choose to use
Twitter more frequently than others. Building on past research, which explored causal factors …

For decades US senators have maximized their limited resources to juggle policy, party
politics, and constituents, but the rise of social media sheds new light on how they make …

Why do some politicians actively use social media, while others lag behind? To answer this
question, we propose that opposing party politicians, underdogs, and extremists are more …

Objective American politics has become more nationalized, and this trend is buoyed by
senators' social media patterns that incentivize connections with an expansive digital …

The conventional understanding of how elected officials affect the policy agenda is based on
the argument that they use symbols and rhetoric to propagate a policy problem, primarily …

Social media offers politicians an opportunity to bypass traditional media and directly
influence their audience's opinions and behavior through framing. Using data from Twitter …

This article examines the extent to which Twitter has been adopted by judges on state
supreme courts, and how these judges use the platform. While social media usage by other …

Are legislators responsive to the priorities of the public? Research demonstrates a strong
correspondence between the issues about which the public cares and the issues addressed …