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Tweeting Power: The Communication of Leadership Roles on Prime Ministers' Twitter
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Abstract This article examines the communication of leadership roles by prime ministers Justin Trudeau and Theresa May on Twitter. I argue that tweets from prime ministers implicitly communicate information about how prime ministers lead and what their job entails: what I call role performance and function. ... mehr
This article examines the communication of leadership roles by prime ministers Justin Trudeau and Theresa May on Twitter. I argue that tweets from prime ministers implicitly communicate information about how prime ministers lead and what their job entails: what I call role performance and function. I develop an inductive typology of these leadership dimensions and apply this framework to Trudeau and May's tweets in 2018 and 2019. I find first that Trudeau is a much more active Twitter user than Theresa May was as prime minister, attesting to different leadership styles. Second, both use Twitter primarily for publicity and to support and associate with individuals and groups. Trudeau is much more likely to use Twitter to portray himself as a non-political figure, while May is more likely to emphasize the role of policy 'decider'. Both prime ministers are framed much more often as national legislative leaders rather than party leaders or executives. Finally, May's tweets reflect her position as an international leader much more than Trudeau's. Assessing how prime ministers' tweets reflect these dimensions contributes to our understanding of evolving leader-follower dynamics in the age of social media. While Twitter has been cited as conducive to populist leaders and rhetoric, this study shows how two non-populist leaders have adopted this medium, particularly in Trudeau's case, to construct a personalized leader-follower relationship.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Kanada; Großbritannien; Ministerpräsident; soziales Netzwerk; Twitter; politische Kommunikation; politische Führung; Führungsstil
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
interaktive, elektronische Medien
Freie Schlagwörter
Twitter; leadership roles; political communication; political leadership; prime ministers
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2020
Seitenangabe
S. 158-170
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 8 (2020) 1
Heftthema
Leadership, Populism and Power
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)