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First- and second-level agenda setting in the Twittersphere

An application to the Italian political debate

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ID12972126
AuthorsAndrea Ceron (0000-0002-6686-5969, Russian State Agrarian Correspondence University, corresponding author), Luigi Curini (0000-0003-1974-9815), M Iacu (0000-0002-4884-0047), Stefano M Iacus
Year2016
Volume13
Issue2
Pages159-174
Publication date2016-03-17
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2016.1160266
OpenAlexW2299069766
LanguageEN
Citations received40
References cited67

The rise of social network sites reopened the debate on the ability of traditional media to influence public opinion and act as an agenda setter. To answer this question, the present paper investigates first-level and second-level agenda-setting effects in the online environment by focusing on two heated Italian political debates (the reform of public funding of parties and the debate over austerity). By employing innovative and efficient statistical methods such as the lead–lag analysis and supervised sentiment analysis, we compare the attention devoted to each issue and the content spread by online news media and Twitter users. Our results show that online media keep their first-level agenda-setting power even though we find a marked difference between the slant of online news and the Twitter sentiment

Austerity · Media studies · Microblogging · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Public opinion · Public relations · Sentiment analysis · Setter · Social media · Sociology · Computer Science · History · Law · Media Influence and Politics · Media Studies and Communication · Social Media and Politics · Artificial Intelligence

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