A sentiment democracy
When (and when not) politicians follow their Followers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6084396 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Andrea Ceron (0000-0002-6686-5969) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 241-257 |
| Publication date | 2018-05-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Language and Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-2159 • E-ISSN: 1569-9862 |
| Publisher | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/jlp.17007.cer |
| OpenAlex | W2754966042 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
Does the interaction with the opinions of ‘friends’ and ‘followers’ affect the behavior of politicians? So far, little attention has been devoted to the effect of social networking sites (SNS) on ‘hard politics’ choices. Focusing on two case studies related to Italian politics, namely the debate on the civil unions bill and the ‘Fertility Day’ crisis, in 2016, this paper tries to fill this gap assessing the influence of SNS on the behavior of politicians. For this purpose, supervised aggregated sentiment analysis and time series analysis are used to evaluate whether politicians surrender to the pressure put on them by their followers. The findings highlight some positive effects in terms of accountability/transparency, though in terms of responsiveness politics seems to continue as usual, and the road toward a full ‘sentiment democracy’ is still far ahead
Accountability · Democracy · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Public relations · Sentiment analysis · Sociology · Surrender · Transparency (behavior · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Media Influence and Politics · Social Media and Politics · Law
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |