THIS IS AN ESSAY LINKED TO THE PROJECT News, Networks and Users in the Hybrid
Media System. Transformation of the Media Industry and the News in the Post-
Industrial Era, an insight on the characteristics of the network as well as the
relevant actors and communities associated with the income inequality and
poverty conversation on Twitter. Using Social Network Analysis to map and
measure different kinds of relationships and fluxes between network nodes, and
use categories of analysis of ...
THIS IS AN ESSAY LINKED TO THE PROJECT News, Networks and Users in the Hybrid
Media System. Transformation of the Media Industry and the News in the Post-
Industrial Era, an insight on the characteristics of the network as well as the
relevant actors and communities associated with the income inequality and
poverty conversation on Twitter. Using Social Network Analysis to map and
measure different kinds of relationships and fluxes between network nodes, and
use categories of analysis of Appraisal Theory, whose main components are
affect, judgement and appreciation, we arrive to several preliminary
conclusions. It appears that political and institutional collectives are influencing
the conversation, rather than citizens. Consequently, these Twitter spheres
show an institutionalization of income inequality and poverty social media
debate without opening up the conversation. The networks we analyze show a
high modularity. As a result, interaction between users occurs more frequently
with the same community than with other communities.
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