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Identity politics, social media and the 2016 presidential election
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Identity politics, social media and the 2016 presidential election
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Urban
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Eric
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Eric Urban
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Stuart Z
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Rutgers University
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Camden Graduate School
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This capstone project explored the impact social media had on the presidential election of 2016. As social media became integrated more into American culture, presidential candidates took advantage of the ability to connect to their constituents on a personal level. The American public was also able to become current on national and global events, allowing them to become political watchdogs. As Americans became more informed, they found that their position in politics and identity politics was seen as their ideologies were not being met and the government did provide for them. Their personal views on various issues may not be met by the current system, thus they aligned with candidates that shared similar ideologies. Social media allowed the candidate and the public to speak together to voice their concerns. Politicians aimed to meet the needs of the public and the public used social media identities to leverage their voting power. Though identity politics is seen on both sides, Trump was able to speak to a “silent majority” repeatedly on social media on a personal yet broad level, attracting voters that the previous president seemed to have ignored. Hillary Clinton appealed to specific social groups that could possibly have had their political needs unmet elected. This paper provided an overview of how each candidate used social media to appeal to a politically divided nation in 2016. Facebook and Twitter are the two main social media platforms discussed in this research.
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Liberal Studies
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M.A.L.S.
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Identity politics--United States
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Presidents-United States--Election--2016
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by Eric Urban
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I hereby grant to the Rutgers University Libraries and to my school the non-exclusive right to archive, reproduce and distribute my thesis or dissertation, in whole or in part, and/or my abstract, in whole or in part, in and from an electronic format, subject to the release date subsequently stipulated in this submittal form and approved by my school. I represent and stipulate that the thesis or dissertation and its abstract are my original work, that they do not infringe or violate any rights of others, and that I make these grants as the sole owner of the rights to my thesis or dissertation and its abstract. I represent that I have obtained written permissions, when necessary, from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis or dissertation and will supply copies of such upon request by my school. I acknowledge that RU ETD and my school will not distribute my thesis or dissertation or its abstract if, in their reasonable judgment, they believe all such rights have not been secured. I acknowledge that I retain ownership rights to the copyright of my work. I also retain the right to use all or part of this thesis or dissertation in future works, such as articles or books.
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