Luis E. Hestres

Abolish the #SOTU Rebuttal Because Social Media

Is it time for the SOTU response to go? Luis Hestres argues, yes. C.f. yesterday’s piece about a data-visualization app showing how the Twitterati reacted to this year’s speech. Iowa senator Joni Ernst’s response to President Obama’s latest State of the Union finally...

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Is It Time For a Digital Politics Code of Ethics?

New contributor but longtime friend-of-Epolitics Luis E. Hestres, PhD., is an assistant professor of communication at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He has worked as a digital strategist for several progressive nonprofits, including Families USA and the 1Sky climate campaign. Digital...

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