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

QR Code

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...

Full description

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

Similar Items

POLITICAL NETWORKS ON TWITTER: Tweeting the Queensland state election
by: Bruns, A., et al.
Published: (2013)

Talking of many things: Using topical networks to study discussions in social media
by: Highfield, Tim
Published: (2012)

The Arab Spring and Social Media Audiences: English and Arabic Twitter Users and Their Networks
by: Bruns, A., et al.
Published: (2013)

Confrontation and cooptation: A brief history of Australian political blogs
by: Highfield, Tim, et al.
Published: (2012)

Lexis in political ideas on Twitter
by: Ramanathan, Renugah, et al.
Published: (2017)

Sharing the News: Dissemination of Links to Australian News Sites on Twitter
by: Bruns, A., et al.
Published: (2013)

Challenges of tracking topical discussion networks online
by: Highfield, Tim, et al.
Published: (2011)

Political influencers on social media: language used and content of communication strategy of Indonesian politicians’ twitter accounts
by: Gatut Priyowidodo,, et al.
Published: (2024)

Civility On Social Media (The Tendency Of Politeness Level Of Internet Users On Social Media )
by: Mulyana, Ahmad, et al.
Published: (2015)

Social media political usage and political interest of UTAR students
by: Lee, Rong Wei
Published: (2023)

More discussion needed on students in politics
Published: (2010)

Occupy Oakland and #oo: Uses of Twitter within the Occupy movement
by: Croeser, Sky, et al.
Published: (2014)

Social media political information use and political participation of the net generation
by: Jue, Jun Tan
Published: (2024)

TWITTER AS A TECHNOLOGY FOR AUDIENCING AND FANDOM: The #Eurovision phenomenon
by: Highfield, Tim, et al.
Published: (2013)

Online media and political participation: the case of Malaysia
by: Willnat, Lars, et al.
Published: (2013)

The Internet, social media and citizen politics
by: Zhu, Junyan
Published: (2021)

Social Media And Political Participation In Pakistan
by: Shahzad, Sobia
Published: (2018)

Social media as a source of political information: First-time voters and the influence of social media on political interest
by: Ng, Alicia Zi Qin, et al.
Published: (2023)

Political engagement on social media as antecedent for political support among voters in Malaysia
by: Ali Salman,, et al.
Published: (2018)

Influential spreaders in the political Twitter sphere of the 2013 Malaysian general election
by: Sun, Hong-liang, et al.
Published: (2018)

Youth political dependency in social media and its influence on the Kajang state assembly in Selangor
by: Mohd, Mohd Ezril, et al.
Published: (2019)

Politeness strategies in twitter updates of female English language studies Malaysian undergraduates
by: Marlyna Maros,, et al.
Published: (2017)

Examining relationship between political agenda on social media and political support among university students
by: Ali Salman,, et al.
Published: (2020)

Generation Y’s political participation and social media in Malaysia
by: Norshuhada Shiratuddin,, et al.
Published: (2016)

Social media and agenda setting: implications on political agenda
by: Ali Salman,, et al.
Published: (2016)

Political elites and national development: the central question in political science
by: Moten, Abdul Rashid
Published: (2011)

Political discussion on WhatsApp groups among IIUM students
by: Wan Mohd Ghazali, Wan Norshira, et al.
Published: (2018)

Influence of political socialization agents on Pakistani youth’s political participation: the mediating role of media and interpersonal communication
by: Sumera Memon,, et al.
Published: (2018)

Social media for political information: a systematic literature review
by: Tan, Jue Jun, et al.
Published: (2024)

University students’ engagement with Ulamas’ political messages on social media
by: Usman,, et al.
Published: (2024)

Youth offline political participation: trends and role of social media
by: Bahtiar Mohamad,, et al.
Published: (2018)

Identifying political polarization in social media: a literature review
by: Rum, Siti Nurulain Mohd, et al.
Published: (2024)

Social media motivations and political engagement among UTAR students
by: Lee, Yi Ling
Published: (2024)

Social media use and political behavior of Iranian university students as mediated by political knowledge and attitude / Abdolreza Alami
by: Abdolreza, Alami
Published: (2017)

Political communication through the prism of social media : how are Lebanese political parties using Facebook in electoral campaigns?
by: Zebib, Chirinne
Published: (2022)

Blended Data: Critiquing and Complementing Social Media Datasets, Big and Small
by: Croeser, Sky, et al.
Published: (2020)

Neoliberalisation, state and social classes: the political economy of contemporary Iran
by: Valadbaygi, Kayhan/KV
Published: (2020)

Political socialization of Malaysian youth: the present state and the way forward
by: Ismail, Ismi Arif, et al.
Published: (2016)

Road or Rail? The partisan politics of urban transport policy in the Australian States
by: Phillimore, John, et al.
Published: (2020)

The Politics of Social Filtering
by: Willson, Michele
Published: (2013)

Cannot write session to /tmp/vufind_sessions/sess_4jeiqhqjrglt21r9aqgec9c7jd