University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

#ElectionClass: Encouraging strategic thinking about politics through social media

Mandel, Jared; Orcutt, Chelsea

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/42537

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Title
#ElectionClass: Encouraging strategic thinking about politics through social media
Author(s)
  • Mandel, Jared
  • Orcutt, Chelsea
Issue Date
2013-02
Keyword(s)
  • social media
  • interactive
  • data
  • learning
  • politics
  • education
  • information behavior
  • social computing
  • information systems
  • social and community informatics
  • qualitative data analysis
  • quantitative data analysis
Abstract
This abstract will explore #ElectionClass is, a course on social media and the 2012 election offered by the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University. It will provide an overview of the course structure of #ElectionClass, asThe course involves in-class tweeting, analysis of the real presidential election, as well as a mock campaign project. A number of students took on well as the additional interdisciplinary efforts that emerged as a result of the coursework. #ElectionClass’s The results of the experiential teaching model as theypromotes relate to students’ lifelong learning and engagement with social media by giving them a voice and a role in a real-life event. will also be explored.
Publisher
iSchools
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/42537
DOI
https://doi.org/10.9776/13530
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Copyright © 2013 is held by the authors. Copyright permissions, when appropriate, must be obtained directly from the authors.

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