Tweeting Brexit: social media and the aftermath of the EU referendum

Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Tweeting politics -- 1.1 Social media and political actors -- 1.2 Social media and journalists -- 1.3 Social media and citizens -- 1.4 Brexit -- 1.5 Data -- 1.6 Structure of the book -- Chapter 2: British political actors: #GetBrexitDone vs #PeoplesVote -- 2.1 Executive's #GetBrexitDone -- 2.1.1 Theresa May -- 2.1.2 Boris Johnson -- 2.2 House of commons' #DealOrNoDeal -- 2.2.1 David Lammy -- 2.2.2 Chuka Umunna -- 2.2.3 Jacob Rees-Mogg -- 2.3 Campaigners' #Leave vs #Remain -- 2.3.1 Leavers -- 2.3.2 Remainers -- Chapter 3: The European Union: #CitizensRights 1 -- 3.1 'Don't tweet anything about Brexit' -- 3.2 'It will get me into trouble!' -- 3.2.1 'Even when there are no rivers - build bridges' -- 3.3 'Special place in hell' -- 3.3.1 Tusk goes rogue -- 3.3.2 Verhofstadt's 'provocations' -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Journalists: #BrexitFacts -- 4.1 Traditionalists -- 4.1.1 Fact vs comment -- 4.1.2 Professional vs private -- 4.2 Boundary explorers -- 4.2.1 'As long as I don't go too over the top' -- 4.2.2 'I wonder if I'm doing it wrong' -- 4.3 New rules of engagement? -- 4.3.1 Emotions and emojis -- 4.3.2 Anonymous sources -- Chapter 5: Citizens: #LeaveMeansLeave vs #StopBrexit -- 5.1 Political youth -- 5.1.1 Invisible participants -- 5.2 Listeners and debaters -- 5.2.1 The tweeting senior -- 5.3 Interesting, informative, and negative -- 5.3.1 A worrying affair -- Notes -- Chapter 6: The uncivil argument? -- 6.1 The elite theory -- 6.1.1 Citizens -- 6.1.2 Journalists -- 6.1.3 Political actors -- 6.2 Discussing or harassing? -- 6.2.1 Incivility, harassment, and abuse -- 6.3 Managing negativity -- 6.3.1 Diplomats' corporate+ strategies -- 6.3.2 Read, mute, block, ignore.

Introduction: Tweeting politics -- British political actors: #GetBrexitDone vs #PeoplesVote -- The European Union: #CitizensRights -- Journalists: #BrexitFacts -- Citizens: #LeaveMeansLeave vs #StopBrexit -- The Uncivil Argument? -- Conclusions: Tweeting Brexit.

"Tweeting Brexit presents the most thorough examination of the role that the most political social network, Twitter, played in creating, negotiating and challenging Brexit narratives during the process of UK's exiting of the European Union. Working with multiple methods, from digital media analysis to interviews, and a wide variety of data, the book offers scrutiny of Brexit-related tweets and discourses they promote, and gives voice to key actors - UK citizens, political and media actors - to explain why and how they've used Twitter to talk about Brexit and with what outcomes. In doing so, the author engages with, and enhances, a range of theoretical discussions central to our understanding of the role of social media in politics, from permanent campaigning on social media to social media journalism. With a reach far beyond the central Brexit case study, the book discusses new trends and practices in political communication and contextualises them with reference to empirical evidence. The book is key reading for all students and researchers in digital media and politics, digital methods and related areas, as well as anyone interested in developing their understanding of the role that Twitter plays in political communications"--

Introduction: Tweeting politics -- British political actors: #GetBrexitDone vs #PeoplesVote -- The European Union: #CitizensRights -- Journalists: #BrexitFacts -- Citizens: #LeaveMeansLeave vs #StopBrexit -- The Uncivil Argument? -- Conclusions: Tweeting Brexit.