The results of the inquiry reported have been selected out of a larger data set collected during a wider research program, whose purpose is to assess the most relevant trends registered in Italy with regard to public opinion attitude toward politics. Data have been collected on the basis of a social TV approach applied to the political campaign for the election of Italian national Parliament in 2013. Processes of participation and influence registered among Twitter users, who posted at least one tweet during TV talk shows have been given to analysis. Twitter users considered were about 30.000, out of which 7.000 had a recognizable public or institutional role while the remaining 23.000 could be classified as common citizens. Response rate is almost homogenous among different sub-categories of respondents of the sample. Thus, answers of respondents who completed the whole proposed web-survey seem to be consistent with original methodology and criteria applied to the selection of the sam
The aim of the web-survey conducted is to define both online and offline political participation of respondents on the basis of a set of variables which keep into account their social and cultural status, their age and their relational linkages inside the Italian society
Twitter as new public space for political participation? / Gennaro, Serena; DI GIAMMARIA, Loris. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH ON EDUCATION. - ISSN 2147-6284. - ELETTRONICO. - Volume 2 – Special Issue 7 – Contemporary Studies in Social Sciences IV:(2014), pp. 37-50. (Intervento presentato al convegno Third European Conference on Social and Behavioral Sciences tenutosi a Roma nel 6 - 8 febbraio 2014).
Twitter as new public space for political participation?
GENNARO, SERENA;DI GIAMMARIA, Loris
2014
Abstract
The results of the inquiry reported have been selected out of a larger data set collected during a wider research program, whose purpose is to assess the most relevant trends registered in Italy with regard to public opinion attitude toward politics. Data have been collected on the basis of a social TV approach applied to the political campaign for the election of Italian national Parliament in 2013. Processes of participation and influence registered among Twitter users, who posted at least one tweet during TV talk shows have been given to analysis. Twitter users considered were about 30.000, out of which 7.000 had a recognizable public or institutional role while the remaining 23.000 could be classified as common citizens. Response rate is almost homogenous among different sub-categories of respondents of the sample. Thus, answers of respondents who completed the whole proposed web-survey seem to be consistent with original methodology and criteria applied to the selection of the samI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
