Prologue
Submitted by mariakel on Wed, 10/08/2014 - 13:07
Prologue
The Common Core has become a flashpoint at the nexus of education politics and policy, fueled by ardent social media activists. To explore this phenomenon, this innovative and interactive website examines the Common Core debate through the lens of the influential social media site Twitter. Using a social network perspective that examines the relationships among actors, we focus on the most highly used Twitter hashtag about the Common Core: #commoncore. The central question of our investigation is: How are social media-enabled social networks changing the discourse in American politics that produces and sustains social policy? To see how the site is organized, click HOW TO USE THIS SITE.
Scenes:
About the Project
How Twitter Works
The Evolution of Media in Politics
The Recent History of Standards Reform in America
Theory of Social Capital
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0
CC Version:
1.0