Tweeting is leading: how senators communicate and represent in the age of Twitter

Social media is changing the business of representation in the Senate. If you want to know what your senator is up to, you don't need a newspaper - just your phone. Drawing on a unique dataset of almost 200,000 senator tweets, 'Tweeting is Leading' offers a critical analysis of senators' communication on Twitter, the individual and constituent forces that shape it and the agendas that result.

Social media is changing the business of representation in the Senate. If you want to know what your senator is up to, you don't need a newspaper, just your phone. Drawing on a unique dataset of almost 200,000 senator tweets, Tweeting is Leading offers a critical analysis of senators' communication on Twitter, the individual and constituent forces that shape it, and the agendas that result.

Social media is changing the business of representation in the Senate. If you want to know what your senator is up to, you don't need a newspaper - just your phone. Drawing on a unique dataset of almost 200,000 senator tweets, 'Tweeting is Leading' offers a critical analysis of senators' communication on Twitter, the individual and constituent forces that shape it and the agendas that result.