Social Media and Political Accountability: Bridging the Gap between Citizens and Politicians
Andrea Ceron
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Description for Social Media and Political Accountability: Bridging the Gap between Citizens and Politicians
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JFD; JPH; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
This book illustrates how social media platforms enable us to understand everyday politics and evaluates the extent to which they can foster accountability, transparency and responsiveness. The first part focuses on accountability and tests whether the offline behavior of politicians is consistent with their online declarations, showing that textual analysis of politicians' messages is useful to explain phenomena such as endorsements, party splits and appointments to cabinet. The second part concerns responsiveness. By means of sentiment analysis, it investigates the shape of the interaction between citizens and politicians determining whether politicians' behavior is influenced by the pressure exerted on social ... Read more
This book illustrates how social media platforms enable us to understand everyday politics and evaluates the extent to which they can foster accountability, transparency and responsiveness. The first part focuses on accountability and tests whether the offline behavior of politicians is consistent with their online declarations, showing that textual analysis of politicians' messages is useful to explain phenomena such as endorsements, party splits and appointments to cabinet. The second part concerns responsiveness. By means of sentiment analysis, it investigates the shape of the interaction between citizens and politicians determining whether politicians' behavior is influenced by the pressure exerted on social ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
236
Place of Publication
Cham, Switzerland
ISBN
9783319526263
SKU
V9783319526263
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Usually ships in 15 to 20 working days
Ref
99-15
About Andrea Ceron
Andrea Ceron is Assistant Professor at Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy, and co-founder of Voices from the Blogs Ltd, a University spin-off that analyzes social media. He has published articles in the British Journal of Political Science, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, New Media & Society, Information Sciences, and Party Politics.
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