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Tweeting scared : Congress's crisis of communication / Annelise Russell.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Russell, Annelise, author.
- Series:
- Oxford studies in digital politics
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Congress--Constituent communication.
- United States.
- Communication in politics--United States.
- Communication in politics.
- Microblogs--Political aspects--United States.
- Microblogs.
- Social media--Political aspects--United States.
- Social media.
- Social media--Political aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2025]
- Summary:
- Congress is routinely lurching from one disaster to another, but the crisis that remains constant is the communication crisis - a failure of the technology and information dissemination that enable Congress to effectively communicate. This book considers how the staff and professionals that drive the daily operations of Congress have adapted to meet the rapid pace of news and information, meaning the logistics of daily engagement in Congress mirror that of a disaster response. Russell explains how Congress has developed into a crisis communication operation, pairing interviews of current and former congressional communication professionals with congressional Twitter data to illustrate how digital media has fueled the very same power asymmetries that new media was expected to disrupt.
- Contents:
- A crisis framework for congressional communication
- A history of playing catch-up in congressional communication
- Organizing a press office in Congress
- Crisis implications : Asymmetric resources and constrained capacity
- Crisis implications : Partisan pressures and political incentives for digital
- The future and implications of a digital Congress.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on November 17, 2025).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Russell, Annelise. Tweeting scared
- ISBN:
- 9780197808344
- 0197808344
- 9780197808337
- 0197808336
- 9780197808320
- 0197808328
- OCLC:
- 1551488894
- Publisher Number:
- CIPO000316894
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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