Dr. Michael Murphy, Term Adjunct with the Department of Political Studies, was recently included in an article on Global News discussing the impact of social media in municipal politics.
In the article, Dr. Murphy discusses how debates around social policies and school board topics can become heated, and can continue into broader social media-driven influencer culture. He talks about how the advent of digital communications has allowed people to directly access officials, and how many municipalities are not equipped to respond to this kind of public input.