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The Social Network?: The Use and Efficacy of Facebook and Twitter for Nonprofit Reach and User Engagement
(2015-05)
The political application of social media, particularly social networking sites, has drawn a lot of recent popular and scholarly attention. While scholars have focused on the applications of these media to campaigns, less ...
BIAS, GATEKEEPING, OR AMBITION?: FEMALE CANDIDATES IN STATE LEGISLATURES
(2015)
Women hold only 24.2% of the seats in state legislatures across the United States, despite being 50.8% of the total population. This low figure presents serious concerns about the quality of representation for half of the ...
The Politics of Partisan Issue Attention: Connecting Congress and Policy Subsystems
(2015-05)
Attention is a disruptive force in politics; it is also a scarce resource. Decision-makers must prioritize which issues receive attention—typically educing policy change—and which issues are ignored. While issue attention ...