Legislative agenda-setting power of social media
BlackLivesMatter and the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6171673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Akanksa Upadhyay, Briana M Trifiro (0000-0003-1345-045X) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 292-313 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-31 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Agenda Setting Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2452-0063 • E-ISSN: 2452-0071 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/asj.21006.upa |
| OpenAlex | W4210646886 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 27 |
In an effort to understand the legislative agenda setting impacts of social media content, the present study analyzes political discourse on Twitter regarding the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act. Using a Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) topic model to dissect the Twitter conversation aimed at Representative Karen Bass, the sponsor of the H.R.7120, in the weeks leading up to the bill’s filing, our analysis of nearly 68,000 tweets posted in the days before the bill’s filing reveals that constituents strongly urged the Representative to work on legislation targeted on police reform – offering evidence of how constituents demanded, and drove, legislative action. Considering our findings, we argue that there is considerable potential for social media to serve as an amplifier of social issues and concerns among constituents. Through this process, we posit that social media can prove to be a vital catalyst in social justice reform
Conversation · Latent Dirichlet allocation · Legislation · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public relations · Social media · Sociology · Topic model · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Public Administration · Social Media and Politics
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,67 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |