Interpreting hashtag politics : policy ideas in an era of social media /
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 mediatized environment, with the recent and rapid g...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2014.
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| Summary: | 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 mediatized 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. |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 184 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-176) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781137357731 1137357738 |