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Democratic Process and Social Media: A Study of Us Presidential Election 2012
Susanta Kumar Parida
Review of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1(1), pp. 45-49.

Abstract
Social media offers innovative opportunities for political actors, political institutions and the public to interact with one another. Drawing on examples from United States and the United Kingdom, this paper outlines how social media are currently being used in the political arena.

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Parida, Kumar Susanta. (2013). Democratic Process and Social Media: A Study of Us Presidential Election 2012. Review of Journalism and Mass Communication, 1(1), pp. 45-49.

1. Clarke Amanda, 2010, ‘Social media for political uses and implication for Representative Government’, Library of parliament, Canada,p. 1.

2. ibid.

3. Christine Williams and Jeff Galati, 2009,’Social network in political campgaining,Facebook and US midterm election 2006’,American Political Science Association(APSA),(APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper),p. 1.

4. ibid.

5. The Times Of India,Nov 6,2012.

6. Jane Susskind, 2012 ‘Facebook in the 2012 Election: 10 Reasons why it Matters’, IVN e-journals, USA, p . 1.

7. Clarke Amanda, op.cit, p. 2.

8. Christine Williams and Jeff Galati, op. cit., p. 2.

9. The Times of India, Nov.7, 2012.

10. The Hindu, Nov, 7, 2012.

11. The Indian Express, Nov.7, 2012.

12. ibid, Nov, 8, 2012.

13. The Times of India, Dec, 12, 2012.

14. ibid.

15. - ibid, Dec, 11, 2012.

16. ibid, Nov, 8, 2012.

17. The Hindu, Nov, 8.2012.

18. Christine Williams and Jeff Galati, op. cit., p 6.

19. Clarke Amanda, op.cit, p.15.

Susanta Kumar Parida is an M.Phil Scholar of Political Science at Utkal University, Vanivihar, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. He earned an M.A in Political Science from Utkal University in 2012. His Political research interests lie at the Climate change and Migration, Media and Democracy, Sri Aurobindo and International Politics and Nuclear Issues. He was presented many research paper in different National as well as State Level seminars.