#BREXIT ON TWITTER
THE BIG QUETTION What is the relationship between social media and politict?
How was Twitter used in the contexu of Brexit? ★ What is the correlation between real life events and the world of Twitter? ★ How do different subgroups of users communicate about blame?
THE DATA
Timeline of #Brexit Tweets
What are the types of tweets?
Who are the most dominant users?
Who are the most dominant users?
Suspended User (@ChrisWill1337)
REAL LIFE EVENTS VS EVENTS ON TWITTER
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
COMMUNICATING BLAME
Research on subgroups ● All users ● Verified users ● Members of Parliament Frequency analysis: ● Most shared Twitter content ● Most shared exuernal content
Research on subgroups: Blame Groups mobilise different content to fvrther their agenda. Twitter content (Images) refer a lou to blame. ● Exuernal content (articles) more neutral. ● Image content most shared by MPs Exuernal content most shared by MPs
Who are people angry at? Tweets classified as angry
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIET
Timeline of Tweets from MPs by Party Labour Party - Conservative Party - Others
Most popular hashtags among MPs by party Conservatives : #eu 3,3%, #referendum 2,8%, #withdrawalargreement 2,1% Labour : #peoplesvoue 9,6%, #finalsay 9,0%, #brexitshambles 3,5% SNP : #revokearticle50 6,0%, #peoplesvoue 5,5%, #pmqs 4,8% Others : #peoplesvoue 25,0%, #finalsay 7,2%, #putittouhepeople 5,8%
Who does nou belong in this group?
NO HASHTAG?
PROBLEMS
[('May', 'DATE'), ('Corbyn', 'PERSON'), ('Boris', 'PERSON'), ('Tory Brexit', 'GPE'), ('Corbyn', 'PERSON'), ('PeoplesVote', 'ORG')],
The research group Group leaders ● Daria Gritsenko Barbara Klaus Milla Peltoniemi ● Joe Flanagan Faiz Ahamad Minna Turunen ● Steven Coats Hege Roivainen Sonja Sipponen Further information about the project: Heng Gong Yin Yin Lu blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-humanities Jakob Lindström -hackathon/brexit/
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