User:Polstamin/Social media in the 2020 United States presidential election/Bibliography


 * https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54374710 President Trump threatened to shut TikTok down due to its impact on the 2020 election. It was a way for both parties to connect to young viewers and there were even "Hype Houses" created for both parties.
 * https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2020/10/26/social-media-could-determine-the-outcome-of-the-2020-election/?sh=2df30b1126f6 72% of citizens who are of voting age use social media, emphasizing the importance of taking advantage of these platforms in order to encourage young people to vote. From October 21st to October 23rd there were 6.6 million mentions of Trump and Biden, 72% of those mentions belonging to Biden.
 * https://www.nber.org/papers/w28849 academic journal- There are claims that social media platforms are biased against conservatives and cause political polarization. Twitter is used by a 1/4 of american adults. They found that Twitter aided in lowering trumps votes