[20151008]IF10299_与成分连接：在国会成员网站上展示社交媒体.pdf

https:/crsreports.congress.gov October 8, 2015Linking with Constituents: Presentation of Social Media on Member of Congress WebsitesSince Members of Congress first adopted social media, the number of services to choose from has increased. Early adoption was mostly on Twitter. Initial studies showed that as Members became more comfortable with social media and constituents came to expect that Members would be using the technology, the number of Members on Twitter, as well as other sites, increased. For example, in August 2009, 29% of Members had adopted Twitter as a way to communicate with constituents. By January 2013, 100% of Senators and 90% of Representatives had adopted Twitter. As a communications tool, social media provides Members with the ability to communicate directly with constituents in a virtually instantaneous manner. In order for constituents to find Member social media accounts, however, they may need to either search for them using a general internet search engine or find the Member on a specific social media application. In either case, searching for a Member of Congress could be time consuming, might result in a list of accounts that the Member is not actively u