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Popularity and broadcasting power of messages on twitter: the case of the announcement of the Spanish elections in 2016
| Summary: | With the emergence of social media, a change of the political communication ecosystem has occurred. Therefore, this study evaluates the presence, popularity and importance of different actors in the dissemination of messages regarding the announcement of repeat elections in Spain, on Twitter. Among the 1268 actors, stand out leaders of the PSOE and the PP, who transfer their symbolic capital to the digital environment, and some citizens, who become popular as a result of the messages they share. However, these popular actors are not the most relevant when it comes to promote the flow of information. In the diffusion of messages stand out other citizens and two political actors. Media do not have a prominent place in the diffusion of these messages. |
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| Main Authors: | Mourão, Marisa |
| Other Authors: | Sá, Rita |
| Subject: | elections in Spain popularity diffusion of the message twitter eleições em Espanha popularidade difusão da mensagem twitter |
| Year: | 2016 |
| Country: | Portugal |
| Document type: | article |
| Associated institution: | Associação Portuguesa de Ciências da Comunicação |
| Language: | Portuguese |
| Origin: | Revista Comunicando |
| Summary: | With the emergence of social media, a change of the political communication ecosystem has occurred. Therefore, this study evaluates the presence, popularity and importance of different actors in the dissemination of messages regarding the announcement of repeat elections in Spain, on Twitter. Among the 1268 actors, stand out leaders of the PSOE and the PP, who transfer their symbolic capital to the digital environment, and some citizens, who become popular as a result of the messages they share. However, these popular actors are not the most relevant when it comes to promote the flow of information. In the diffusion of messages stand out other citizens and two political actors. Media do not have a prominent place in the diffusion of these messages. |
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