EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT

DATE: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2018

EVENT: “Politicians and Social Media in the Global South”

This one-day seminar, which is free to the public, explores contemporary scholarship on how politicians use social media to court constituents in developing nations of the Global South.

In countries around the world, a vast majority of major national politicians build social media presences for a diverse mix of reasons. The seminar brings together academicians, social media and political party representatives to look into what these developments mean for the future of political campaigning.

The seminar also looks into how online strategy is impacted by ideology, national economic priorities and political structure, among other topics.

PLACE: Space 2435, North Quad, 105 S. State St., Ann Arbor

SPONSORS: U-M International Institute Enterprise Fund, School of Information, Department of Communication Studies, Center for South Asian Studies, African Studies Center, Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

INFORMATION: myumi.ch/LBdzg