Public digital media and democracy : constructing instruments for measuring expressions of support for democracy on Twitter
Year: 2013
Type: dissertation
Abstract: The constant growth in information and communications technology (ICT) broadens the capabilities of researchers to understand and interpret the social world.New multidisciplinary methods of measuring social realities are constantly being developed and improved.This methodological study aims to incorporate novel methods of automated, computerised content-and sentiment analysis software in order to produce a usable instrument for measuring public expressions on democracy from the social network site, Twitter.Adapting methods developed by O"Connor et al. (2010) and using an online platform called Chatterbox Analytics Ltd., this study attempts to complement traditional survey research data on democracy.The creation of this method allows researchers to automatically and without deep
Author: Barend Lutz
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W20184673