Analyzing Political Communication with Digital Trace Data The Role of Twitter Messages in Social Science Research /

• Main Author: Jungherr, Andreas (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Contributions to Political Science,
• Subjects: Political science.; Political communication.; Application software.; Communication.; Sociology.; Mass media.; Political Science and International Relations.; Political Communication.; Communication Studies.; Computer Appl. in Social and Behavioral Sciences.; Media Research.

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 r...

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.