How social media is changing the way Americans talk about politics

Social media isn’t always the ideal place to stage a healthy and diverse debate on political beliefs, as U.S. presidential candidate Chris Christie learned this month on Twitter.

Announcing his run for the White House, Christie took the stage at his New Jersey high school, but his campaign slogan, “Telling it like it is,” unveiled on Twitter with a corresponding hashtag. The tag soon went viral, but not as Christie probably would have preferred.