The media, the social media and the elections Rodrigues,U 2014, The media, the social media and the elections. In Thorsen,E and Sreedharan,C (ed), India Election 2014: First Reflections, Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University, Poole, Eng., pp.114-124. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads rodrigues-themediathesocial-2014.pdf Published version application/pdf 707.83KB 167 Title The media, the social media and the elections Author(s) Rodrigues,U orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-4625 Title of book India Election 2014: First Reflections Editor(s) Thorsen,E Sreedharan,C Publication date 2014 Chapter number 8 Total chapters 17 Start page 114 End page 124 Total pages 11 Publisher Centre for the Study of Journalism, Culture and Community, Bournemouth University Place of Publication Poole, Eng. Keyword(s) Social media Elections Indian politics Indian media 2014 India elections Summary This chapter provides a snapshot of politicians and mainstreammedia’s engagement on social media platforms, particularly Twitter. The chapter, based on preliminary analysis, explores the extent to which some of the political parties relied on social media as a vehicle for their conversation with their followers, and the mainstream media’s opportunistic utilisation of this free-for-all information source to know what is happening on the ground. The chapter also points to a nexus between the politicians, mainstream media and social media during the 2014 General Election campaign in India. ISBN 9781910042045 Language eng Field of Research 190301 Journalism Studies Socio Economic Objective 950204 The Media HERDC Research category B1 Book chapter Copyright notice ©2014, Bournemouth University Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30073338 Document type: Book Chapter Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges   Publisher URL Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 19 May 2015, 22:31:52 EST Wed, 20 May 2015, 05:02:32 EST Wed, 20 May 2015, 08:31:20 EST Thu, 21 May 2015, 06:08:58 EST Mon, 25 May 2015, 16:47:28 EST Mon, 25 May 2015, 16:48:47 EST Thu, 04 Jun 2015, 11:29:34 EST Thu, 04 Jun 2015, 14:07:47 EST Thu, 11 Jun 2015, 09:34:34 EST Wed, 07 Sep 2016, 09:20:09 EST Wed, 30 Nov 2016, 14:05:08 EST Wed, 06 Dec 2017, 10:43:14 EST Fri, 07 Sep 2018, 17:51:52 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 1446 Abstract Views, 206 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 19 May 2015, 22:31:52 EST