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Informationen zum Autor Robert Ackland, Australian National University, AustrailiaNick Anstead, London School of Economics, UKGema M. García-Albacete, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SpainTodd Graham, University of Groningen, NetherlandsDaniel Hardt, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkAbid Hussain, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkZeshan Ali Jaffari, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkAndreas Jungherr, Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, GermanyPascal Jürgens, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, GermanyDavid Karpf, George Washington University, USABenjamin Lee, University of Leicester, UKBen O'Loughlin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKJamsheed Shorish, Uberlink Corporation and Shorish Research, BelgiumRosalynd Southern, University of Manchester, UKLaura Sudulich, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumMike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UKYannis Theocharis, University of Mannheim, GermanyRavi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Norwegian School of Information Technology, NorwayMatt Wall, Swansea University, UKScott Wright, University of Melbourne, Australia Klappentext As governments, citizens and organizations have moved online there is an increasing need for academic enquiry to adapt to this new context for communication and political action. This adaptation is crucially dependent on researchers being equipped with the necessary methodological tools to extract, analyze and visualize patterns of web activity. This volume profiles the latest techniques being employed by social scientists to collect and interpret data from some of the most popular social media applications, the political parties' own online activist spaces, and the wider system of hyperlinks that structure the inter-connections between these sites. Including contributions from a range of academic disciplines including Political Science, Media and Communication Studies, Economics, and Computer Science, this study showcases a new methodological approach that has been expressly designed to capture and analyze web data in the process of investigating substantive questions. Zusammenfassung As governments, citizens and organizations have moved online there is an increasing need for academic enquiry to adapt to this new context for communication and political action. This adaptation is crucially dependent on researchers being equipped with the necessary methodological tools to extract, analyze and visualize patterns of web activity. This volume profiles the latest techniques being employed by social scientists to collect and interpret data from some of the most popular social media applications, the political parties' own online activist spaces, and the wider system of hyperlinks that structure the inter-connections between these sites. Including contributions from a range of academic disciplines including Political Science, Media and Communication Studies, Economics, and Computer Science, this study showcases a new methodological approach that has been expressly designed to capture and analyze web data in the process of investigating substantive questions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: The Importance of Method in the Study of the Political Internet'; Marta Cantijoch, Rachel Gibson, Laura Sudulich, Matthew Wall and Stephen Ward PART I: STRUCTURE AND INFLUENCE 1. Political Homophily on the Web; Robert Ackland and Jamsheed Shorish 2. Blogosphere Authority Index 2.0: Change and Continuity in the American Political Blogosphere, 2007-2010; Dave Karpf 3. A Tool for Analysing Youtube Audience Reactions and Discussions; Mike Thelwall PART II: CONTENTS AND INTERACTIONS 4. Social Data Analytics Tool: A Demonstrative Case Study of Methodology and Software; Ravi Vatrapu, Abid Hussain, Daniel Hardt, and Zeshan Jaffari 5. Opportunities and Challenges of Analysing Twitter Content. A Comparison of the Occupation Movements in Spain, Greece and the US; Gema Garcia...
