Analyzing political communication with digital trace data [electronic resource] : the role of Twitter messages in social science research / Andreas Jungherr.
2015
JA85
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Title
Analyzing political communication with digital trace data [electronic resource] : the role of Twitter messages in social science research / Andreas Jungherr.
Author
Jungherr, Andreas, author.
ISBN
9783319203195 electronic book
3319203193 electronic book
9783319203188
3319203193 electronic book
9783319203188
Published
Cham : Springer, 2015.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
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JA85
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.01/4
Summary
This book offers a framework for the analysis of political communication in election campaigns based on digital trace data that documents political behavior, interests and opinions. The author investigates the data-generating processes leading users to interact with digital services in politically relevant contexts. These interactions produce digital traces, which in turn can be analyzed to draw inferences on political events or the phenomena that give rise to them. Various factors mediate the image of political reality emerging from digital trace data, such as the users of digital services' political interests, attitudes, or attention to politics. In order to arrive at valid inferences about the political reality on the basis of digital trace data, these mediating factors have to be accounted for. The author presents this interpretative framework in a detailed analysis of Twitter messages referring to politics in the context of the 2009 federal elections in Germany. This book will appeal to scholars interested in the field of political communication, as well as practitioners active in the political arena.
Note
Based on the author's Ph. D. thesis, accepted in 2014 at Univeristy of Bamburg.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed June 17, 2015).
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Contributions to political science.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: How to use Twitter in the Social Sciences
Twitter, Usage and Research
Twitter in the Analysis of Social Phenomena: An Interpretative Framework
Twitter as Political Communication Space: Publics, Prominent Users and Politicians
Sensor of Attention to Politics
The Media Connection
Predictor of Electoral Success and Public Opinion at Large
Conclusion: Twitter and the Analysis of Social Phenomena.
Twitter, Usage and Research
Twitter in the Analysis of Social Phenomena: An Interpretative Framework
Twitter as Political Communication Space: Publics, Prominent Users and Politicians
Sensor of Attention to Politics
The Media Connection
Predictor of Electoral Success and Public Opinion at Large
Conclusion: Twitter and the Analysis of Social Phenomena.