Some insights into the role of social media in political communication
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Roth, Matthias, Peters, Georg and Seruga, Jan. (2013). Some insights into the role of social media in political communication. In S Hammoudi, L Maciaszek and J Cordeiro (Ed.). Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems. France: Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication. pp. 353 - 362 https://doi.org/10.5220/0004418603510360
Authors | Roth, Matthias, Peters, Georg and Seruga, Jan |
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Abstract | Political communication in the social media network of Twitter has enjoyed a popularity increase in recent years. This also meant that the microblogging platform Twitter is now used in different countries for political campaigns as well as political discussions. For this study we collected data from more than 1,400 politicians in three countries Australia, Germany and the U.S. through the Twitter API. This data set with nearly one million tweets is the basis for our analyses, where we compare the behavior of the politicians on Twitter regarding differences and similarities in the political context. Amongst others we compare key figures concerning the year of joining, age groups, gender, user activity, and trend topics in the named parliaments. Thus we gain insight into the political communication on Twitter in the mentioned countries |
Year | 2013 |
Publisher | Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.5220/0004418603510360 |
Open access | Open access |
Publisher's version | |
Page range | 353 - 362 |
Research Group | School of Arts |
Place of publication | France |
Editors | S Hammoudi, L Maciaszek and J Cordeiro |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/85653/some-insights-into-the-role-of-social-media-in-political-communication
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