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Krutz, G. (Ed.). (2019). American government 2e. Rice University.
https://openstax.org/details/books/american-government-2e
Read chapter 8: These chapters deal specifically with how the media has evolved and its impact.

Feldman, M. (2020). Eight Falsehoods that could undermine the 2020 Election. Brennan Center for Justice. https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/dirty-tricks-eight-falsehoods-could-undermine-2020-election
This article discusses the social and technological issues that could lead to further political and voting controversies.

Mohammed Awad, A., & Ernst L. Leiss, A. (2018). Did technology fail us?: Security concerns in safeguarding democracy. Theory and Practice of Electronic Governance, 626. https://doi.org/10.1145/3209415.3209495
This article discusses how the electronic voting machines quickly replaced the paper ballots.

Santander, P., Elórtegui, C., & Buzzo, C. (2020). Twitter, presidential debates and attention economy: A symbiosis between television audience and social media users during campaign season. Communication & Society, 33(3), 51–65. https://doi.org/10.15581/003.33.3.51-65
This article discusses how traditional media and social media can influence a campaign.

Hanouna, S., Neu, O., Pardo, S., Tsur, O., & Zahavi, H. (2020). Sharp power in social media: Patterns from datasets across electoral campaigns. Australian & New Zealand Journal of European Studies, 11(3), 97–113.
This article shows how the influence of social media can influence and poison the democratic process.

Weaver, R. L. (2020). Social Media Platforms and Democratic Discourse. Lewis & Clark Law Review, 23(4), 1385–1416.
This journal discusses how social media has been a catalyst for social and political change.

Morrison, S. (2020, February 6). The Iowa caucus smartphone app disaster, explained. Vox. https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/2/4/21122211/iowa-caucus-smartphone-app-disaster-explained
A discussion of the use of the app at the Democratic caucus that led to widespread political confusion and conflict among candidates and reporters.