Mark Grabowski was quoted in the Dallas Morning News and Christian Science Monitor on what impact social media might have on the upcoming presidential debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Grabowski, a communications professor and former political journalist, said livestreaming the debates on Facebook and Twitter means that the public can establish the narrative before journalists have an opportunity to provide biased analysis afterward.
"Instead of having some 55-year-old journalist telling us who won the debate after it's over, we can use social media and get a pulse of what the public thinks as it's happening -- which is a lot more important," he said. But. he cautioned, "That said, Twitter is not always a reflection of public opinion, and we should take trending reactions to the debate with a grain of salt."
"Instead of having some 55-year-old journalist telling us who won the debate after it's over, we can use social media and get a pulse of what the public thinks as it's happening -- which is a lot more important," he said. But. he cautioned, "That said, Twitter is not always a reflection of public opinion, and we should take trending reactions to the debate with a grain of salt."
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