National and state-level politics on social media: Twitter, Australian political discussions, and the online commentariat

This paper examines the use of Twitter for long-term discussions around Australian politics, at national and state levels, tracking two hashtags during 2012: #auspol, denoting national political topics, and #wapol, which provides a case study of state politics (representing Western Australia). The l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Highfield, Tim
Format: Journal Article
Published: 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28173