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Coalition and opposition MPs on Facebook

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Nili Steinfeld,

Azi Lev-OnAuthors Info & Claims

dg.o '18: Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age

Article No.: 57, Pages 1 - 8

https://doi.org/10.1145/3209281.3209299

Published: 30 May 2018 Publication History

Abstract

Social Media platforms are today the main spheres in which politicians make political and personal statements, confront other public figures and interact with the public. In the current study, the Facebook pages of all Israeli MPs were scraped and analyzed for the entire period of the 19^th Israeli parliament service (between 2013-2015), in order to find similarities and differences between the posting behavior and acceptance of coalition and opposition members. We found that popular posts published by members of coalition and opposition differ in terms of scope of publication, scope of user engagement (posts by coalition members were more engaged-with), content and format (posts by members of opposition more varied in format, more mobilizing, critical, opinionative and negative, less formal but also less personal). The implications for the character of Facebook as a key parliamentary discursive arena are discussed.

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Coalition and opposition MPs on Facebook
1. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Web-based interaction
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Commerce policy

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dg.o '18: Proceedings of the 19th Annual International Conference on Digital Government Research: Governance in the Data Age

May 2018

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ISBN:9781450365260

DOI:10.1145/3209281

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Lev-On A(2023)The Anti-Social Network? Framing Social Media in WartimeSSRN Electronic Journal10.2139/ssrn.4640636Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4640636
Haleva-Amir S(2021)Cross-platform analysis of PLCs’ (parties, leaders, candidates) social media presence in Israel’s 2015 electoral campaignIsrael Affairs10.1080/13537121.2021.1940563(1-23)Online publication date: 17-Jun-2021
https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2021.1940563
Lev-On A(2018)The Anti-Social Network? Framing Social Media in WartimeSocial Media + Society10.1177/20563051188003114:3Online publication date: 14-Sep-2018
https://doi.org/10.1177/2056305118800311
Haleva-Amir S(undefined)Cross-Platform Analysis of PLCs’ (Parties, Leaders, Candidates) Social Media Presence in Israel’s 2015 Electoral CampaignSSRN Electronic Journal10.2139/ssrn.3870665
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