Making Sense of Twitter Buzz

The Personal in the Political on Twitter: Towards a Typology of Politicians’ Personalized Tweeting Behaviours

“…Beyond the usual hype surrounding new and social media, many of these studies have found politicians to adopt a conservative approach to new platforms, typically favouring broadcasting over interactive behaviours, and networking with other elites over citizens (Bruns and Highfield 2013;Golbeck et al 2010;Graham et al 2013bGraham et al , 2016Kruikemeier 2014;Moe 2011, 2013;Small 2010). Most of these studies are concerned with questions regarding which variables influence adoption rates and use among politicians and parties Vergeer et al 2011; the functions that tweets may assume (Graham et al 2013b(Graham et al , 2016Small 2010); with whom politicians interact (Graham et al 2013b(Graham et al , 2016Larsson and Ihlen 2015); political networks on Twitter (Bruns and Highfield 2013;Ausserhofer and Maireder 2013;Verweij 2012;Moe 2011, 2013); whether visibility on Twitter relates to mass media visibility Graham 2012, 2013;Harder et al 2016) and of course if tweeting behaviour is linked to electoral success (Jacobs and Spierings 2014).…”

Exploring Political Journalism Homophily on Twitter: A Comparative Analysis of US and UK Elections in 2016 and 2017

“…This research builds on the developing work into Twitter journalism homophily (see particularly Hanusch & Nölleke, 2018) and is important as it is the first to examine this issue in the context of social media election coverage, specifically on Twitter, and takes the analysis further by looking at media practice in two similar media systems. The importance of studies such as this, which examine these "new" types of interactions on social media, cannot be overstated as the work done by political journalists remains essential to a citizen's ability to understand politics and election campaigns even in a digital and networked age (Harder, Paulussen, & Van Aelst, 2016;Kuhn & Nielsen, 2014).…”

Social Media Sourcing Practices: How Dutch Newspapers Use Tweets in Political News Coverage

“…Beyond the usual hype surrounding new and social media, many of these studies have found politicians to adopt a conservative approach to new platforms, typically favouring broadcasting over interactive behaviours, and networking with other elites over citizens (Bruns and Highfield 2013;Golbeck et al 2010;Graham et al 2013bLarsson andMoe 2011, 2013;Small 2010). Most of these studies are concerned with questions regarding which variables influence adoption rates and use among politicians and parties Vergeer et al 2011; the functions that tweets may assume (Graham et al 2013bSmall 2010); with whom politicians interact (Graham et al 2013b; political networks on Twitter (Bruns and Highfield 2013;Larsson andMoe 2011, 2013); whether visibility on Twitter relates to mass media visibility (Broersma andGraham 2012, 2013;Harder et al 2016) and of course if tweeting behaviour is linked to electoral success (Jacobs and Spierings 2014).…”