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Candidates control their own social media. What message are they sending?

  • Written by Jennifer Stromer-Galley, Professor of Information Studies, Syracuse University

We live in the age of social media. Indeed, many of us likely saw something about the Republican and Democratic conventions on Facebook, Twitter or even Instagram over the last few weeks.

A recent Pew Research Center study finds that the public is getting more of their news this election cycle from social media than ever before.

This finding makes...

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