From the Living Room to the Palm of Your Hand: How Television News Organizations Present a Presidential Election on Twitter Feeds versus T.V. Screens An Analysis of 2012 Presidential Election Coverage

This paper examines coverage of the 2012 presidential election by television news organizations on Twitter and their legacy medium. Motivated by the possibility that those who are not interested in politics might pick up relevant political information from the individuals or news organization they follow, this study found that tweets about the election by CBS, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, NBC, and FNN were nearly devoid of substantive political information. This research will be important as news consumption habits continue to evolve and the Twitter audience continues to grow, it is important that we understand the content that is being put forward through these mediums. This will help to evaluate the democratic value of news content in terms of its role in informing the American public.

Author

• O'Connor, Madeleine H.

Language

• en

Keyword

• presidential
• television
• media
• news
• election
• Twitter

Date created

• 2013

Type of Work

• Master's Thesis

License

• All rights reserved

Rights statement

• In Copyright

GW Unit

• Media and Public Affairs

Degree

• M.A.

Advisor

• Gross, Kimberly A.

Committee Member(s)

• Hindman, Matthew
• May, Albert L.

Persistent URL

•  https://scholarspace.library.gwu.edu/etd/jq085k128