In this podcast episode, Presidential Social Media: Influence of Social Media on Elections, I discuss the topic of the 2016 United States presidential elections within the context of social media. Particularly how the elections are influenced by social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. I discuss how the presidential candidates have been using social media to promote themselves, how the users are interacting with the candidates and with other users. Also discussed is how relevantly unknown candidates have gained immense popularity particularly because of social media, the various methods people across social media are employing to increase awareness of their chosen candidates, and how this online presence is translated into real life political activism. 
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Rimsha Nadeem