Lynn, Theo ORCID: 0000-0001-9284-7580, Rosati, Pierangelo ORCID: 0000-0002-6070-0426 and Nair, Binesh (2020) Calculated vs. ad hoc publics in the# Brexit discourse on Twitter and the role of business actors. Information, 11 (9). ISSN 2078-2489
Abstract
Mobilization theory posits that social media gives a voice to non-traditional actors
in socio-political discourse. This study uses network analytics to understand the underlying
structure of the Brexit discourse and whether the main sub-networks identify new publics and
influencers in political participation, and specifically industry stakeholders. Content analytics and
peak detection analysis are used to provide greater explanatory values to the organizing themes
for these sub-networks. Our findings suggest that the Brexit discourse on Twitter can be largely
explained by calculated publics organized around the two campaigns and political parties. Ad hoc
communities were identified based on (i) the media, (ii) geo-location, and (iii) the US presidential
election. Other than the media, significant sub-communities did not form around industry as whole
or around individual sectors or leaders. Participation by business accounts in the Twitter discourse
had limited impact.
Metadata
Item Type: | Article (Published) |
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Refereed: | Yes |
Additional Information: | Article number: 435 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | social media; Brexit; mobilization theory; normalization theory; network analytics |
Subjects: | Business > Commerce Business > Marketing |
DCU Faculties and Centres: | DCU Faculties and Schools > DCU Business School Research Institutes and Centres > Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4) |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Official URL: | https://dx.doi.org/10.3390/info11090435 |
Copyright Information: | © The Authors. Open Access (CC-BY-4.0) |
Funders: | Irish Institute of Digital Business, Irish Centre for Cloud Computing and Commerce (IC4), an Enterprise Ireland/IDA technology centre. |
ID Code: | 25943 |
Deposited On: | 02 Jun 2021 09:37 by Pierangelo Rosati . Last Modified 02 Jun 2021 09:37 |
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