User:Robert.darragh/Social media use by Barack Obama/Bibliography

Bibliography

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• Aaker, Jennifer, and Victoria Chang. “Obama and the Power of Social Media and Technology.” Stanford Graduate School of Business, 2009, www.gsb.stanford.edu/faculty-research/case-studies/obama-power-social-media-technology.
  • This is a case study published and done by Stanford Graduate School of Business, so it should be a reliable source considering their history. This case study offers a deep perspective into the science and methods use behind the success of the Obama campaign and the success of Obama himself. It also highlights how he changed politics forever
• FREKING, KEVIN. “Obama Makes His Mark as First “Social Media” President.” The Seattle Times, 6 Jan. 2017, www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation-politics/obama-makes-his-mark-as-first-social-media-president/.
  • This is a peer reviewed news article written by the Seatle Times so it should also be taken as a credible source. This source add new perspective and data expanding on the topic of Obama being a pioneer in politics using social media. It shows how his campaign used unique strategy to rewrite the traditional rules and or methods of campaigning.
• Kori Schulman. “The Digital Transition: How the Presidential Transition Works in the Social Media Age.” Whitehouse.gov, obamawhitehouse, 31 Oct. 2016, obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2016/10/31/digital-transition-how-presidential-transition-works-social-media-age.
  • This peer reviewed article was crafted and published by the Obama Administration and Whitehouse team making this a very credible source. This article is beneficial for it adds key first hand insight to how Obama used social media to benefit his likeness within our nation and get elected two terms.
• Pilkington, Edd. “Obama, Facebook and the Power of Friendship: The 2012 Data Election.” The Guardian, 17 Feb. 2012, www.theguardian.com/world/2012/feb/17/obama-digital-data-machine-facebook-electio.
  • This peer reviewed article was written by The Guardian witch is a highly established news platform making this source credible. This source covers a new perspective highlight how Obama used Facebook to spread his message and rapidly gain followers, donations and other funds to push him farther and sky rocket his ratings. Making him a man of the people and loved by all.

Cooper Mullen

1. Murray-Nag, Beatrice. “9 Lessons @POTUS Taught Us about Social Media.” Typeform Blog, Aug. 2018, www.typeform.com/blog/ask-awesomely/president-social-media/.

This source is peer reviewed and is from a very credible platform that provides a straightforward perspective on the main takeaways that the political candidates had from Obama's social media campaign.

1. Lutze, Monte. Social Pulpit the Barack Obama’s Social Media Toolkit. 2009. https://cyber.harvard.edu/sites/cyber.law.harvard.edu/files/Social%20Pulpit%20-%20Barack%20Obamas%20Social%20Media%20Toolkit%201.09.pdf

This is a peer reviewed study from Harvard University, therefore it is credible. I chose this source because it provides Obamas’s unique perspective on social media, that no other president or candidate has taken before him.

1. Hutchinson, Andrew. “Social Media News | Social Media Today.” Socialmediatoday.com, 2019, www.socialmediatoday.com.

This is a credible peer reviewed source from a new but very active news source called Social Media Today. This source, although new, provides very unique, credible, and educational view points on social media topics. They have fully adapted and studied the Obama social media campaign. This source provides key facts describing the lessons learned form this campaign.

1. Journalism, Pew Research Center:, and Media staff. “How the Presidential Candidates Use the Web and Social Media.” Pew Research Center’s Journalism Project, 15 Aug. 2012, www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2012/08/15/how-presidential-candidates-use-web-and-social-media/.

The Pew Research Center article above is a highly credible source, in particular this news journal was the perfect fit for our topic, because it provides information that the main article my group is studying missed. I think this specific article provides great idea and ideologies that the original article did not touch on.

Abigail Manurung

1. Bogost, Ian. “Obama Was Too Good at Social Media.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 6 Jan. 2017, https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/did-america-need-a-social-media-president/512405/.

This is a very credible source where it talks about how The President was named as "The Social Media President". It also talks a lot about how his presidency changed because of the social media. It is a very reliable source where it cited some examples from the claim that the author is making.

2. Hutchinson, Andrew. “Barack Obama Outlines Key Challenges with Social Media Amplification, and How to Address 'Design Flaws' to Save Democracy.” Social Media Today, 21 Apr. 2022, https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/barack-obama-outlines-key-challenges-with-social-media-amplification-and-h/622519/.

This source provides information about what the former president thinks about the negative and positive impact of social media. It is seen that according to Barrack Obama, it helps connects more people and it gave an easier access to connect with other people.

Yameson Delacruz

“9 Lessons Barack Obama Taught Us about Social Media.” Go to Typeform.com, https://www.typeform.com/blog/ask-awesomely/president-social-media/.

1. "How Social Media Is Shaping Political Campaigns". Knowledge at Wharton. Retrieved 2023-02-06.

This would be an important factor to add into the article because it considers how candidates can receive attentions through social media. Importantly the article mentions how Obama was the first in using social media for communication.

2. Yeung, Douglas (2018-03-19). "Social Media as a Catalyst for Policy Action and Social Change for Health and Well-Being: Viewpoint"

This article could be used as a great example in order to mention how social media can influence policy. We could use the examples in the articles of how they gather data about health and well-being and how that can be applied to policy changes. It can be a continuation of the sectioning which the articles talks about how Obama used his account to advocate for the national debt.

3. "Social Media in Government: Impact on Social Perception". Ohio University. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2023-02-06.

This websites talks about the benefits that governments can have by utilizing social media in order to connect with the population. This can be useful way to elaborate more on Obama's interaction with the population in his Twitter account. It can also be used to explain more about the benefits.

4. Goodman, Jordi; Wennerstrom, Ashley; Springgate, Benjamin F. (2011). "Participatory and Social Media to Engage Youth: From the Obama Campaign to Public Health Practice". Ethnicity & disease. 21 (3 0 1): S1–94–9. ISSN 1049-510X. PMC 3719417. PMID 22352086.

This website recognizes the success in social media that Obama had and how the same method can be applied in health related issues. This can be a great article to elaborate more on the success of Obama's social media use.(Without creating a bias)