A hyperlink and issue network analysis of the United States Senate: A rediscovery of the Web as a relational and topical medium
A hyperlink and issue network analysis of the United States Senate: A rediscovery of the Web as a relational and topical medium
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美国参议院的超链接和问题网络分析：重新发现网络作为关系和话题媒介
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10.1002/asi.21357
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2010
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H. Park
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J. Kim;G. Barnett;H. Park
政治家的网站被认为是组织，动员和议程设置的媒介，但现存的文献缺乏系统的方法来解释参议员的网站-一个新的政治沟通媒介。本研究将政治网站的角色分为关系（超链接）和主题（共享问题）两个方面。这两个方面可以从社会嵌入的角度和三个方面来看待，K。Foot和S. Schneider（2002）建议。本研究采用了网络分析，一套研究程序，用于确定社会系统中的结构，作为系统的组成部分，而不是个人的属性之间的关系的基础。超链接和问题数据是从美国参议院网站和雅虎收集的。主要调查结果包括：（a）超链接更多地针对民主党参议员，而不是共和党参议员，是参议员和用户的一种沟通手段;（B）从网上找到的问题网络用于讨论公共议程，共和党参议员更多地利用问题网络;（c）超链接和问题网络相互关联;（d）这两个网络可以有效地发现社会关系和问题生态。进一步研究的必要性得到了解决。
Politicians' Web sites have been considered a medium for organizing, mobilizing, and agenda‐setting, but extant literature lacks a systematic approach to interpret the Web sites of senators—a new medium for political communication. This study classifies the role of political Web sites into relational (hyperlinking) and topical (shared‐issues) aspects. The two aspects may be viewed from a social embeddedness perspective and three facets, as K. Foot and S. Schneider (2002) suggested. This study employed network analysis, a set of research procedures for identifying structures in social systems, as the basis of the relations among the system's components rather than the attributes of individuals. Hyperlink and issue data were gathered from the United States Senate Web site and Yahoo. Major findings include: (a) The hyperlinks are more targeted at Democratic senators than at Republicans and are a means of communication for senators and users; (b) the issue network found from the Web is used for discussing public agendas and is more highly utilized by Republican senators; (c) the hyperlink and issue networks are correlated; and (d) social relationships and issue ecologies can be effectively detected by these two networks. The need for further research is addressed.