This volume investigates the nature and quality of political and civic communication on Twitter and asks what this reveals about the platform's potential to serve as a public sphere. The current landscape of research is explained to show the continuum of views, from the more optimistic to more pessimistic, regarding the platform's potential to allow civic conversations. The 11 empirical case studies in the book address a variety of topics through a diverse array of methodological approaches and all provide new insights. Together, the chapters point to a need to rethink the role of humour and popular culture within political communication. The book also suggests that the forces and emotions around engagement and the sense of communities and purpose created on Twitter feeds have a range of implications for how we understand the nature of debate and how users align themselves with issues. | Twitter the Public Sphere and the Chaos of Online Deliberation by Gwen Bouvier, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters