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Abstract

This paper focuses on the structure of the Austrian Political Twitter sphere by studying the follower relations between very active users. We find 13 communities, which we understand as 'publics' in the sense of thematically distinguishable spheres of communication. Based on network characteristics and qualtitive analyses of profiles, we identify eight clusters with more-or-less clear political tendencies and two clusters with nodes that share common localities, all of them in the periphery of the network. A media cluster and a community of civil society actors are at the network's center, mediating between the other clusters. We interpret our findings in relation to Austria's political constellation and discuss them with regard to the changes of political communication due to the increasing importance of social media.

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Title
Struktur politischer Öffentlichkeiten auf Twitter am Beispiel österreichischer Innenpolitik/Public spheres and Twitter: the case of Austrian domestic politics
Author
Schlögl, Stephan; Maireder, Axel
Pages
16-31
Section
Research Article
Publication year
2015
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oesterreichische Gesellschaft fuer Politikwissenschaft
ISSN
16155548
e-ISSN
23135433
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
German
ProQuest document ID
1690371191
Copyright
Copyright Facultas Verlags- und Buchhandels AG 2015