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    Te Florida State University 

    DigiNole Commons

    Honors Teses Division of Undergraduate Studies

    2011

    How Social Media Can be Used to Gain aCompetitive Advantage in Political Campaigns

    Steven H. Vandercook Florida State University

    Follow this and additional works at: hp://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/uhm

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    [email protected].

    Recommended Citation Vandercook, Steven H., "How Social Media Can be Used to Gain a Competitive Advantage in Political Campaigns" (2011). HonorsTeses. Paper 41.hp://diginole.lib.fsu.edu/uhm/41

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    THE FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY

    THE COLLEGE OF BUSINESS 

    HOW SOCIAL MEDIA CAN BE USED TO GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

    IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

    By

    STEVEN H. VANDERCOOK

    A Thesis submitted to theDepartment of Marketing

    in partial fulfillment of the requirements for graduation withHonors in the Major

    Degree Awarded:Spring, 2011

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     The members of the Defense Committee approve the thesis of Steven H. Vandercook

    defended on March 31st, 2011 

     ______________________________

    Dr. Michael BruscoThesis Director

     ______________________________

    Dr. Jennifer JeritOutside Committee Member

     ______________________________

    Dr. Gary KnightCommittee Member

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