Studying political microblogging: Twitter users in the 2010 Swedish election campaign
Studying political microblogging: Twitter users in the 2010 Swedish election campaign
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DOI：
10.1177/1461444811422894
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发表时间：
2012-08-01
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5
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Moe, Hallvard
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作者：
Larsson, Anders Olof;Moe, Hallvard
在众多允许用户以短帖子形式描述当前状态的所谓微博服务中，Twitter可能是最受欢迎和最知名的服务之一。自2006年推出以来，Twitter的使用已经发生了变化，并越来越多地被用于各种场合。本文利用新兴的在线工具，介绍了Twitter用户数据收集和分析的基本原理。建议的方法以一个案例研究为例：2010年瑞典选举期间使用Twitter。尽管电子民主最初的许多希望似乎在很大程度上没有实现，但2008年美国总统竞选期间互联网的成功应用再次引发了一些声音，称互联网，特别是Twitter等社交媒体应用，为在线竞选和审议提供了有趣的机会。除了提供2010年瑞典大选期间推特使用方式的总体分析外，这项研究还根据高端用户使用推特服务的方式确定了不同的用户类型。通过提出一种新的微博研究方法和确定用户类型，这项研究为新兴的微博研究领域做出了贡献，并对公民微博的实践提出了具体的见解。
Among the many so-called microblogging services that allow their users to describe their current status in short posts, Twitter is probably among the most popular and well known. Since its launch in 2006, Twitter use has evolved and is increasingly used in a variety of contexts. This article utilizes emerging online tools and presents a rationale for data collection and analysis of Twitter users. The suggested approach is exemplified with a case study: Twitter use during the 2010 Swedish election. Although many of the initial hopes for e-democracy appear to have gone largely unfulfilled, the successful employment of the internet during the 2008 US presidential campaign has again raised voices claiming that the internet, and particularly social media applications like Twitter, provides interesting opportunities for online campaigning and deliberation. Besides providing an overarching analysis of how Twitter use was fashioned during the 2010 Swedish election campaign, this study identifies different user types based on how high-end users utilized the Twitter service. By suggesting a novel approach to the study of microblogging and by identifying user types, this study contributes to the burgeoning field of microblog research and gives specific insights into the practice of civic microblogging.