Studying the Role of Elites in U.S. Political Twitter Debates
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Because of their ever-growing importance, elite actors from the political sphere and news media have integrated social network sites and especially Twitter into their communication strategies. However, the extent of these adaptation processes is not yet fully understood. This article presents lists of U.S. actors from politics, news media and government. As an exploratory analysis, the influence of elites in U.S. political Twitter debates is investigated by applying basic measures of Twitter influence to two test datasets.
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