Affective homogeneity in the Spanish general election debate. A comparative analysis of social networks political agents

Robles, José Manuel; Velez, Daniel A.; Marco, Stefano De; Rodríguez, J. Tinguaro; Gómez, Daniel

doi:10.1080/1369118x.2018.1499792

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“…On the other hand, Swiss politicians show a very strongly polarized structure in online support networks [15]. Similarly, communication flows of Catalan parliamentarians are found to be polarized along party and ideological lines [5,26]. All these studies are single-country studies and do not provide insights in contextual variables influencing elite polarization and interaction, which might explain the differences in these findings.…”

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Patterns of democracy? Social network analysis of parliamentary Twitter networks in 12 countries

Praet

Martens

Aelst

2021

Online Social Networks and Media

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Section: Parliamentary Twitter Network and Elite Polarizationmentioning

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Patterns of democracy? Social network analysis of parliamentary Twitter networks in 12 countries

Praet

Martens

Aelst

2021

Online Social Networks and Media

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“…Perceived similarity can be based on social and economic status, other background factors, or shared attitudes (Lazarsfeld & Merton, ; McPherson, Smith‐Lovin, & Cook, ). Social media, in particular, offers many possibilities for social networking on the basis of similarity (Kang & Chung, ; Oksanen, Hawdon, & Räsänen, ), and online social networks often form around attitudinal or affective homogeneity (see Robles, Velez, De Marco, Rodriguez, & Gomez, ; Zollo et al, ).…”

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The Role of Political Activity in the Formation of Online Identity Bubbles

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Kaakinen²,

Oksanen³

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Policy & Internet

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Increasing social media use has transformed political participation by creating social cliques and echo chambers, which involve interaction between like‐minded people. This article examines the relationship between online political activity and personal involvement in online identity bubbles. This study is the first to examine this phenomenon using nationally representative data; its data were derived from surveys targeted at 18–74‐year‐old Finns (N = 3,724). Measures included online political activity, the Identity Bubble Reinforcement Scale, and behavioral and demographic factors. The results show that online political activity was positively associated with online identity bubbles. This effect was strong even after controlling for behavioral and demographic factors. In addition to online political activity, general online activity, online network size, and basic sociodemographic background variables explained variation of involvement in online identity bubbles. However, neither political preference nor political interest had a systematic effect on involvement in these bubbles. The findings confirm the theoretical assumption that online bubbles can be captured using subjective survey measures. Political activity appears to be a key factor associated with the strength of the online bubble experience. This finding has significance in the contemporary information society, in which various mundane discussions and cultural disputes become politically tinged.

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“…[6]). Many fields of science, and particularly social sciences (see, e.g., [7]), are being removed by this new paradigm: wide aspects of reality can be systematically observed, and such overwhelming data set requires specific technologies to be visualized (see, e.g. [8]), to be processed (see, e.g.…”

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