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Twitter and the 2013 Australian ElectionAssoc. Prof. Axel Bruns
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
Queensland University of Technology
[email protected] – @snurb_dot_info – http://mappingonlinepublics.net/
BACKGROUND
• Research projects:– ARC Discovery: New Media and Public Communication (QUT)– NRC FRISAM: Impact of Social Media on Agenda-Setting in Election
Campaigns (QUT, UiO, UiB, Uppsala, CSU LB)– ATN-DAAD: Mapping Networked Politics (QUT, LMU)
• Study design:– Comparative study of Twitter usage during Australian, Norwegian,
German (and US) election– Tracking tweets from and at Twitter accounts of MPs and candidates
before, during, and after election campaigns– Additional analysis of follower networks, national Twitterspheres, social
media / mainstream media intersections, etc.
AUSTRALIAN POLITICIANS ON TWITTER
(data to June 2013)
@TONYABBOTTMHR’S FAKE FOLLOWERS
(11/12 Aug. 2013)
@MENTIONS OF LEADERS (@REPLIES + RETWEETS)
RETWEETS OF LEADERS
@MENTIONS OF LEADERS
@MENTIONS OF PARTY CANDIDATES(@KRUDDMP AND @TONYABBOTTMHR REMOVED)
@MENTIONS
RETWEETS
@MENTIONS BETWEEN POLITICIANS
RETWEETS BETWEEN POLITICIANS
TWEETS BY LEADERS
TWEETS BY PARTY CANDIDATES
TWEETS BY LOCAL CANDIDATES
@MENTIONS OF LOCAL CANDIDATES
@MENTIONS (ELECTION DAY)
GERMANY
@MENTIONS OF LEADERS
(@KRuddMP: 172,000 @mentions)
@MENTIONS OF PARTY CANDIDATES
(ALP: 321,000 @mentions)
TWEETS BY PARTY CANDIDATES
(ALP: 16,600 tweets)
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@dpwoodford
@lena_sauter
@timhighfield
@_StephenH
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@socialmediaQUT