Twitter and the Public Choice Course: A Pedagogical Vignette on Political Information Technology

Franklin G. Mixon, C. A. Burgess, Rand Ressler

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Abstract

Given the paucity of undergraduate textbooks in public choice, instructors often look for innovative approaches and unique examples when teaching undergraduate courses in public choice economics. This essay offers a pedagogical vignette for undergraduate courses in public choice that deals with the technological development in political information represented by “tweeting.” Twitter offers mobile communications services that some representatives use to boost their stock of political reputation capital. 
Original languageAmerican English
JournalJournal of Economics and Finance Education
Volume9
StatePublished - 2010

Keywords

  • "Tweeting"
  • Political information technology
  • Public choice
  • Technological development in political information
  • Twitter
  • Undergraduate courses

DC Disciplines

  • Business Administration, Management, and Operations
  • Finance and Financial Management
  • Economics
  • Finance

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