Did social media affect the 2008 election?

Did social media affect the 2008 election? Order Description 1. Read the article: Kushin" rel="nofollow">in, M.J. & Yamamoto, M. (2010). Did social media really matter? College students’ use of onlin" rel="nofollow">ine media and political decision makin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in the 2008 election. Mass Communication and Society, 13, 608-630. 2. In approximately 5 typed (double-spaced) pages, answer the followin" rel="nofollow">ing questions/prompts. Write your answers in" rel="nofollow">in full sentences as thoroughly as you wish, and explain" rel="nofollow">in everythin" rel="nofollow">ing in" rel="nofollow">in your own words (no quotes please). Please limit your maximum page number to 10. i) Do the researchers state their purpose for conductin" rel="nofollow">ing this research? If so, what is it? If not, what do you thin" rel="nofollow">ink it is? ii) In your own words, explain" rel="nofollow">in political self-efficacy and situational political in" rel="nofollow">involvement. Give an example for each. iii) Compare/contrast the three forms of in" rel="nofollow">internet use studied in" rel="nofollow">in this article (social media, onlin" rel="nofollow">ine expression, traditional in" rel="nofollow">internet sources). iv) What were the research hypotheses and what research question(s) guided the research? v) Describe the participants (any characteristics given, how they were recruited, etc.). vi) Describe how the researchers collected their data (measures used, format of the survey, etc.). For addressin" rel="nofollow">ing how “forms of in" rel="nofollow">internet use” were measured, just give the name of the in" rel="nofollow">index created and two of the activities that loaded on to it (for each of the 3 in" rel="nofollow">indices). vii) What were the main" rel="nofollow">in fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings in" rel="nofollow">in relation to the research hypotheses? viii) The researchers acknowledge certain" rel="nofollow">in limitations to their study. What are they, and how do these limitations in" rel="nofollow">influence your perception of their fin" rel="nofollow">indin" rel="nofollow">ings? ix) Relate this article to your own experiences durin" rel="nofollow">ing the 2016 campaign in" rel="nofollow">in approximately 250-500 words. Please discuss generally; I don’t need to know who you voted for. * * * * * IMPORTANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ must be typed (12 poin" rel="nofollow">int font) and address the poin" rel="nofollow">ints outlin" rel="nofollow">ined above.