O'Callaghan, Derek, Greene, Derek, Conway, Maura ORCID: 0000-0003-4216-8592, Carthy, Joe and Cunningham, Padraig (2012) An analysis of interactions within and between extreme right communities in social media. In: 3rd International Workshop on Mining Ubiquitous and Social Environments (MUSE), 24 Sept, 2012, Bristol, UK.
Abstract
Many extreme right groups have had an online presence for
some time through the use of dedicated websites. This has been accompanied by increased activity in social media websites in recent years, which may enable the dissemination of extreme right content to a wider
audience. In this paper, we present exploratory analysis of the activity of a selection of such groups on Twitter, using network representations based on reciprocal follower and mentions interactions. We find that stable communities of related users are present within individual country
networks, where these communities are usually associated with variants of extreme right ideology. Furthermore, we also identify the presence of international relationships between certain groups across geopolitical boundaries.
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Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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Event Type: | Workshop |
Refereed: | Yes |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | network analysis; social media; community detection; Twitter; extreme right; extremism |
Subjects: | Social Sciences > International relations Social Sciences > Communication Computer Science > World Wide Web Computer Science > Information retrieval Social Sciences > Racism |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | Research Institutes and Centres > Centre for International Studies (CIS) DCU Faculties and Schools > Faculty of Humanities and Social Science > School of Law and Government |
Use License: | This item is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License. View License |
ID Code: | 17746 |
Deposited On: | 05 Feb 2013 11:44 by Maura Conway . Last Modified 27 Aug 2018 13:41 |
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