Description: The year 2020 brought the importance of legislator use of communication technologies, including social media, into American national consciousness. This book examines how communication technologies influence policymakers from quantitative and qualitative perspectives, predict...
Review Quotes: "West, Gao, and Jang show that modern communication technologies change the fundamental nature of the interaction between legislators and constituents. And they show how: the unnatural nature of the communication process and the resulting information overload push legislators toward counterproductive shortcuts that distort the message. The book is a real breakthrough in our understanding of legislator-constituent linkages, as well as the role that modern communication technologies play in the representational process more broadly." --Bryan D. Jones, University of Texas