Slovenian Twitter debate ahead of 2019 European Parliament elections

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Namen raziskave je bil s pomočjo analize omrežij preučiti strukturo slovenske politične razprave na Twitterju pred volitvami v Evropski parlament leta 2019, pri čemer je bil poudarek na 1) pojavu odmevnih sob; 2) vzorcih širjenja medijskih vsebin in 3) vlogi središčnih uporabnikov in politikov. Datoteka zajema 40670 enot oz. ID-jev tvitov, katere je objavilo 2854 uporabnikov Twitterja v obdobju od 28. aprila 2019 do 28. maja 2019. Datoteka je dostopna v excel formatu. Spletna družbena omrežja so postala pomembna platforma za politično komuniciranje in širjenje novic, vendar pa z vidika komuniciranja ostajajo odprta vprašanja o naravi vse bolj globaliziranih in personaliziranih komunikacijskih omrežij. Sodobno mrežno javno sfero sestavlja množica razpršenih javnosti, ki se oblikujejo, povezujejo in razkrajajo glede na skupne interese njihovih članov, ob tem pa so optimistična pričakovanja, da bodo spletna družbena omrežja omogočila globalno demokratizacijo in oživila kritično javno razpravo, zamenjala svarila, da se državljani na spletu raje zapirajo v polarizirane skupnosti s podobnimi pogledi.

Aim of the research was to examine the structure of the Slovenian political debate on Twitter before the European Parliament elections in 2019, with the help of the social network analysis, focusing on 1) the phenomena of echo chambers; 2) content diffusion patterns and 3) the role of central users and politicians. Datafile contains 40670 units, that is Tweet IDs posted by 2,854 Twitter users between April 28th, 2019, and May 28th, 2019. Datafile is accessible in excel format. Social media became an important platform for political communication and dissemination of news, however some key questions regarding the nature of increasingly globalized and personalized communication networks remain unanswered. Modern networked public sphere consists of multitude of dispersed publics that are being shaped, interconnected and dissolved according to shared interests of its members. Optimistic expectations about social media enabling global democratization and a revival of critical public deliberation have been replaced by warnings that citizens online tend to cluster into polarized communities of similar views.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.17898/ADP_TWITEP19_V1
Related Identifier https://doi.org/10.51936/tip.58.1.49-71
Related Identifier https://ibmi.mf.uni-lj.si/sites/default/files/netslo-2023-leaflet.pdf
Related Identifier http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12556/RUL-147414
Metadata Access https://datacatalogue.cessda.eu/oai-pmh/v0/oai?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_ddi25&identifier=a59116051af3aac884ee2739fe0294cd24b896141f51d435729824ebf7ceac1d
Provenance
Creator Jesenšek, Luka
Publisher Univerza v Ljubljani, Arhiv družboslovnih podatkov; University of Ljubljana, Slovenian Social Science Data Archives
Publication Year 2025
Funding Reference Financiranje iz lastnih sredstev.; Financed from own resources.
Rights ADP, 2025; Arhiv izroča podatke uporabnikom samo za namen, ki ga posebej opredelijo, ob zagotovitvi spoštovanja profesionalnih etičnih kodeksov. Uporabnik se posebej zaveže, da bo skrbel za tajnost podatkov in opravljal analize brez poskusov identifikacije posameznika.; Users may use the data only for the purposes stated in the registration form and in accordance with professional codes of ethics. Users expressly agree to maintain the confidentiality of the data and to conduct analyses without attempting to identify the individuals and institutions covered by the materials.
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Contact https://www.adp.fdv.uni-lj.si/
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Resource Type ŠtevilskiNumeric; NumericNumeric
Discipline Social Sciences
Spatial Coverage Slovenija; Slovenia