Examining Polarization in Political Social Media: A Case of Twitter and the 2011 Canadian Federal Election

Anatoliy Gruzd

doi:10.29173/cais643

Examining Polarization in Political Social Media: A Case of Twitter and the 2011 Canadian Federal Election

Authors

Anatoliy Gruzd Dalhousie University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/cais643

Abstract

The paper investigates whether or not political polarization exists in social media by using social networks analysis to analyze a sample of 1,492 users on Twitter.com, a popular microblogging platform, during the 2011 Canadian Federal Election.

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2013-10-28

How to Cite

Gruzd, A. (2013). Examining Polarization in Political Social Media: A Case of Twitter and the 2011 Canadian Federal Election. Proceedings of the Annual Conference of CAIS Actes Du congrès Annuel De l’ACSI. https://doi.org/10.29173/cais643