Tweeting MPs: Digital Engagement between Citizens and Members of Parliament in the UK
Tweeting MPs: Digital Engagement between Citizens and Members of Parliament in the UK
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国会议员发推文：英国公民和国会议员之间的数字互动
DOI：
10.1609/icwsm.v13i01.3359
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发表时间：
2019
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通讯作者：
E. Wood
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作者：
Pushkal Agarwal;Nishanth R. Sastry;E. Wood
对议会进程的脱离和幻灭是当今西方民主国家的一个重要关切。因此，英国的国会议员正在寻求与公民互动的新方式，包括在Twitter等数字平台上。近年来，几乎所有（650名议员中的579名）议员都创建了Twitter账户，并积累了大量的追随者，相当于该国相当一部分人口。本文试图通过研究国会议员与公民之间互动的数量和性质来揭示这一现象。我们发现，虽然有一个信息过载的议员，注意个别议员集中在小的时间窗口，当一些热门的事情可能会发生与他们有关。议员们策略性地管理他们的互动，有选择地回复英国公民，从而发挥他们作为民选代表的作用，并使用转发来传播他们党的信息。最有希望的是，我们发现Twitter开辟了大量跨党派互动的新途径，在一个政党的议员和支持（关注）其他政党议员的公民之间。
Disengagement and disenchantment with the Parliamentary process is an important concern in today’s Western democracies. Members of Parliament (MPs) in the UK are therefore seeking new ways to engage with citizens, including being on digital platforms such as Twitter. In recent years, nearly all (579 out of 650) MPs have created Twitter accounts, and have amassed huge followings comparable to a sizable fraction of the country’s population. This paper seeks to shed light on this phenomenon by examining the volume and nature of the interaction between MPs and citizens. We find that although there is an information overload on MPs, attention on individual MPs is focused during small time windows when something topical may be happening relating to them. MPs manage their interaction strategically, replying selectively to UKbased citizens and thereby serving in their role as elected representatives, and using retweets to spread their party’s message. Most promisingly, we find that Twitter opens up new avenues with substantial volumes of cross-party interaction, between MPs of one party and citizens who support (follow) MPs of other parties.
DOI：
10.1145/3184558.3188725
发表时间：
2018-03
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Companion Proceedings of the The Web Conference 2018
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作者：
S. Bhatt;Sagar Joglekar;S. Bano;Nishanth R. Sastry
通讯作者：
S. Bhatt;Sagar Joglekar;S. Bano;Nishanth R. Sastry