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Interpreting hashtag politics : policy ideas in an era of social media

Jeffares, Stephen

Overview

\"Why do policy actors create branded terms like Big Society and does launching such policy ideas on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book argues that the practice of hashtag politics has evolved in response to an increasingly congested and mediatised environment, with the recent and rapid growth of high speed internet connections, smart phones and social media. It examines how policy analysis can adapt to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics. This text reveals that policy ideas can at the same time be ideas, instruments, visions, containers and brands, and advises readers on how to tell if a policy idea is dead or dying, how to map the diversity of viewpoints, how to capture the debate, when to engage and when to walk away. Each chapter showcases innovative analytic techniques, illustrated by application to contemporary policy ideas.\"--Publisher's website.

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Subject: Internet in public administration. / Public administration Technological innovations. / Communication in politics Technological innovations. / Web 2.0 Political aspects. / Online social networks Political aspects. / Public administration Citizen participation Technological innovations. / Decision making Citizen participation Technological innovations.
• ISBN: 9781137357731, 1137357738

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
JF1525.A8 J44 2014	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE