The Citizen Marketer

The Citizen Marketer explores how everyday people circulate political media messages in the hopes of persuading peers and shaping the public mind. By examining the logics behind spreading political memes, hashtags, and more, Joel Penney charts the promises of citizen marketing for expanding democrat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Penney, Joel
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Series:Oxford studies in digital politics.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:The Citizen Marketer explores how everyday people circulate political media messages in the hopes of persuading peers and shaping the public mind. By examining the logics behind spreading political memes, hashtags, and more, Joel Penney charts the promises of citizen marketing for expanding democratic participation, as well as the risks that these practices pose for polarization, the trivialization of issues, and control and manipulation by elites.
Physical Description:1 online resource (265 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780190658076
019065807X
9780190658090
0190658096