Twitter and Elections around the World

Richard Davis is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Office of Civic Engagement at Brigham Young University. He is the author of several books on the Internet and American politics including New Media and American Politics (1998), with Diana Owen; The Web of Politics (1999); Campaigning Online (2003), with Bruce Bimber; Making a Difference: A Comparative View of the Role of the Internet in Election Politics (2008), with Diana Owen, Stephen Ward, and David Taras; and Typing Politics (2009). Christina Holtz-Bacha is Professor of Communications at the Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany. Past Chair of the International Communication's Associations (ICA) Political Communication Division, Professor Holtz-Bacha has held positions at the University of Mainz, University of Munich, the University of Bochum, the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis, and was a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center/John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University in 1999. Her research and instruction focus on political communication and strategic communication as well as German and European media policy. Marion Just is the William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science at Wellesley College and a research associate of the Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics and Public Policy at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She is a consultant to the Project for Excellence in Journalism, a member of the advisory board of the Reform Institute, and the editorial board of the Harvard International Journal of Press Politics. Professor Just is a past president of the Northeastern Political Science Association and the New England Political Science Association and former Chair of the Political Communication Section of the American Political Science Association. In 2002, she received an 'Excellence in Mentoring Award' from the Women's Caucus of the American Political Science Association. In 2003, her co-authored book, Crosstalk was named the Outstanding Book in Political Communication. In 2007, she received the APSA's Murray Edelman Award for a Distinguished Career in Political Communication. Professor Just's current research projects concern political campaigns, psychological aspects of voting, patterns of news, politics on the internet, and media coverage of women leaders.