Using theory and data, Gainous and Wagner illustrate how online social media is bypassing traditional media and creating new forums for the exchange of political information and campaigning.

• Chapter 1: Social Media - The New Dinner Table?


• Chapter 2: Evolution or Revolution - Why Facebook and Twitter Matter?


• Chapter 3: Congress 2.0 - Internet-Style Politics


• Chapter 4: Congress 2.0 - Who's Tweeting?


• Chapter 5: Public Opinion 2.0 - Read My Feed


• Chapter 6: Public Opinion 2.0 - The New Social Capital


• Chapter 7: Congress 2.0 - Controlling the Flow of Information


• Chapter 8: Public Opinion 2.0 - The Direct Conduit


• Chapter 9: Congress 2.0 - Tweeting for Support


• Chapter 10: Social Media Tomorrow - Tweeting the Future?


• Appendix


• Notes


• References


• Index

Jason Gainous is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Louisville. Kevin M. Wagner is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Florida Atlantic University.