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Over the last fifteen years, digital mobile technology has significantly disrupted American political communication on every level. The reactions to that disruption are varied, as journalists and media outlets have experienced professional shocks while the public has had its pipeline to useful political information threatened. These disruptions have serious implications not only for media, but for the democracy that mediated news feeds.
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Rackaway, C. (2023). The Disrupting of Mobile Communication. In: Communicating Politics Online. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-24056-0_1
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