Tweeting to power: the social media revolution in American politics

1. Social Media -- The New Dinner Table? -- 2. Evolution or Revolution -- Why Facebook and Twitter Matter? -- 3. Public Opinion 2.0 -- Read My Feed -- 4. Congress 2.0 -- Internet-Style Politics -- 5. Congress 2.0 -- Who's Tweeting? -- 6. Public Opinion 2.0 -- The New Social Capital -- 7. Congress 2.0 -- Controlling the Flow of Information -- 8. Public Opinion 2.0 -- The Direct Conduit -- 9. Congress 2.0 -- Tweeting for Support -- 10. Social Media Tomorrow -- Tweeting the Future?

Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning. The authors illustrate how political actors utilized these networks to control the flow of information, and garner votes, in the 2010 congressional elections.