Congressmen in the age of social network sites: Brazilian representatives and Twitter use

Marques, Francisco Paulo Jamil; Aquino, Jakson Alves de; Miola, Edna

doi:10.5210/fm.v19i5.5022

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“…These include Twitter follower, Twitter fol lowing, tweets per week, and indegree. The previous research suggests Twitter follower and tweets per week follow the log-normal distribution (Marques et al, 2014). We also found the logarithm of Twitter follow ing and indegree reduce the distribution skewness for the regression analyses.…”

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“…In the current study, since Twitter is the communication channel used by lead ers, we argue that how Twitter is used by the leader for communication is likely to impact the leader's influence on information diffusion in the communication network. The Twitter-use patterns that have been widely examined in the existing literature are: (1) presence or visibility on Twit ter, as indicated by the size of Twitter followers and Twitter following;(2) frequency of tweets, as indicated by the number of tweets per week; and (3) how long has Twitter been used by a given user, as indicated by the Twitter account creation(Bae & Lee, 2012;Marques, Aquino, & Miola, 2014;Stieglitz & Dang-Xuan, 2013;Thackeray, Neiger, Smith, & Wagenen, 2012).…”

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A Social Network Approach to Examine K-12 Educational Leaders’ Influence on Information Diffusion on TWitter

Wang

Sauers

Richardson³

2016

Journal of School Leadership

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This study investigated the relationship between the leader's gen der, leadership position, Twitter use, and influence on information diffusion in the communication network on Twitter. We collected the 30,200 latest tweets of 151 active Twitter users who held educational leadership positions. Results of social network analysis and multiple regression analyses suggest a gender inequality in the leader's influence on information diffusion in the network. Find ings also indicate no significant relationship between leadership position (district vs. building) and a leader's influence in the network. Moreover, Twitter following was positively associated with the leader's influence in the network, whereas the number of followers, weekly tweets, and the time of Twitter account creation did not predict the leader's influence. Practical implications on how leaders use Twit ter to disseminate information are discussed.

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A Social Network Approach to Examine K-12 Educational Leaders’ Influence on Information Diffusion on TWitter

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Richardson³

2016

Journal of School Leadership

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“…Ainda segundo os dados da pesquisa de Marques et al (2014), parlamentares iniciantes e/ou mais jovens usavam mais intensamente o Twitter, enquanto políticos eleitos com mais votos, assim como também aqueles que possuíam conta no Twitter há mais tempo, tinham mais seguidores que a média das contas analisadas (Marques, Aquino, & Miola, 2014 O Twitter é uma plataforma para redes sociais que se distingue por permitir somente a publicação de textos curtostweets ou mensagens com, no máximo, 140 caracteres (1) . Os usuários das contas ou perfis da plataforma podem: (a) postar mensagens com links para outras páginas da internet ou conteúdos multimídia (imagens ou vídeos); (b) podem repetir mensagens postadas por outros usuários (chamados de retweets); (c) citar outros perfis em suas mensagens (menções); e (d) podem estabelecer conexões entre sium perfil A pode ser um seguidor do perfil B, o que torna A um follower de B, e B, um following de A; se B também escolher seguir A, então a conexão se torna recíproca.…”

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“…Os indicadores de uso do Twitter repetem as diferenças apresentadas nas análises anteriores, ou seja, Senadores apresentam maior número total de seguidores, de mensagens postadas e de contas seguidas. A relação entre número de seguidores e total de mensagens postadas, no entanto, corrobora análises anteriores de que a popularidade dos perfis políticos no Twitter está diretamente relacionada ao ritmo de publicação de mensagens pelos parlamentares (Amaral, Pinho, Oliveira, & Aguiar, 2014;Marques et al, 2014). No período eleitoral, os Senadores foram mais presentes em termos de postagem e, por isto, foram recompensados com um crescimento médio no número de seguidores de 2,97%, enquanto o grupo de Deputados não candidatos perdeu seguidores.…”

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Eleições Parlamentares no Brasil: O Uso do Twitter na Busca por Votos

Amaral

Pinho

2018

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ResumoDesde o uso das novas tecnologias nas eleições americanas de 2008, o Twitter tem se tornado uma plataforma para as atividades políticas, criando um canal para a interação entre políticos e eleitores. A comunicação política com o uso de mídia social é parte das atividades congressistas nos dias atuais. Além disto, o Twitter se constitui como importante meio para o ganho de popularidade com fins eleitorais. A questão de pesquisa que norteia este artigo é verificar como o comportamento dos parlamentares influencia o uso do Twitter na busca por votos nas eleições ao Congresso Nacional. Assim, o objetivo deste trabalho é analisar os diferentes comportamentos dos políticos brasileiros no ambiente virtual antes, durante e após as eleições parlamentares de 2014. Foram coletadas informações da plataforma do Twitter em quatro momentos, entre dezembro de 2013 e abril de 2015. Os políticos foram comparados segundo suas aspirações eleitorais e conforme as diferentes apropriações da rede social. Os dados indicam que políticos em campanha eleitoral fazem maior e mais frequente uso das novas tecnologias, no sentido de construírem uma imagem política dentro do contexto eleitoral. Como resultado, esses políticos obtiveram maior atenção dos usuários do Twitter, o que está diretamente relacionado a um maior número de votos obtidos no pleito eleitoral.Palavras-chave: eleições legislativas; redes sociais; Twitter; Congresso Nacional. AbstractSince the use of new technologies in the 2008 US elections, Twitter has become a platform for political activities, creating a channel for interaction between politicians and voters. Political communication with the use of social media is part of today's congressional activities. In addition, Twitter has become an important means for gaining popularity for election purposes. This article's research question is to verify how parliamentarians' behaviors influence the use of Twitter in the search for votes in elections to the National Congress. Thus, the aim of this article is to analyze Brazilian politicians' different behaviors in this virtual environment before, during and after the parliamentary elections of 2014. Data was collected on the use of Twitter by the parliamentarians four times between December 2013 and April 2015. Politicians were compared according to their electoral aspirations and to the different appropriations of the social network. Data indicate that politicians in electoral campaigns make greater and more frequent use of the new technologies, in the sense of constructing political images within the electoral context. As a result, these politicians got more attention from Twitter users, which is directly related to a higher number of votes obtained in the election process.

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“…In some cases, these have simply quantified the politicians' Twitter activity, in terms of adoption rates, number of posts and followers, etc. ; for example, in Australia (Missingham, 2010), Brazil (Marques, de Aquino and Miola, 2014), Sweden and Norway (Larsson and Kalsnes, 2014). A small number have adopted a more qualitative approach, using interviews to explore politicians' motivations for using Twitter.…”

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Members of the Scottish Parliament on Twitter: good constituency men (and women)?

Baxter

Marcella

O'Shea³

2016

Aslib Journal of Information Management

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore the use of Twitter by Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs) for the provision of constituency-related information, or in support of their constituency service work. Design/methodology/approach – Content analysis of 10,411 tweets sent by the 105 MSPs on Twitter during four weeks in early-2014. Findings – While there was some evidence of MSPs on Twitter acting as a promoter of local community interests and as a conduit for information on local policy issues and events, their tweets were dominated by the wider, national, political agenda and by the Scottish independence debate. Compared with their online behaviour as parliamentary candidates three years earlier, MSPs placed an even greater emphasis on the one-way broadcast of information to their followers. They were reluctant to respond to contentious local policy questions, or to enter into any visible, meaningful, political debate with their constituents. Research limitations/implications – Although the research was conducted seven months before the Scottish independence referendum on 18 September 2014, the independence debate still dominated proceedings on Twitter. It might, therefore, be appropriate to revisit MSPs’ use of Twitter at some point during a truer “peacetime” period. Originality/value – This is the first systematic content analysis of tweets sent by all MSPs on Twitter. It allows the authors to compare their actual Twitter use with that envisaged by the Scottish Parliament, as a way of MSPs communicating about their work and engaging with their constituents.

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Congressmen in the age of social network sites: Brazilian representatives and Twitter use

Cited by 11 publications

References 5 publications

A Social Network Approach to Examine K-12 Educational Leaders’ Influence on Information Diffusion on TWitter

A Social Network Approach to Examine K-12 Educational Leaders’ Influence on Information Diffusion on TWitter

Eleições Parlamentares no Brasil: O Uso do Twitter na Busca por Votos

Members of the Scottish Parliament on Twitter: good constituency men (and women)?

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