Interpreting Hashtag Politics Policy Ideas in an Era of Social Media [Hardcover]

Why do policy actors create branded policy ideas like Big Society and does launching them on Twitter extend or curtail their life? This book reveals how policy analysis can adapt in an increasingly mediatised to offer interpretive insights into the life and death of policy ideas in an era of hashtag politics.1. Policy Ideas and Hashtag Politics 2. Theorising Policy Ideas 3. The Lifecycle of Policy Ideas 4. Identifying Policy Viewpoints 5. Social Media and Policy Practices 6. Capturing the Digital Footprint of Policy Discussion 7. Interpreting Social Media Data 8. The Future of Hashtag PoliticsStephen Jeffares is a lecturer at INLOGOV, School of Government and Society, University of Birmingham UK. He is co-author of Hybrid Governance with Chris Skelcher and Helen Sullivan. His work draws on text analytics and Q methodology to understand changing debates surrounding public policy and public services.