The net neutrality debate on Twitter

The net neutrality debate on Twitter

The internet has been seen as a medium that empowers individual political actors in relation to established political elites and media gatekeepers. The present article discusses this “net empowerment hypothesis” and tests it empirically by analysing Twitter communication on the regulation of net neu...

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Main Authors: Wolf J. Schünemann, Stefan Steiger, Sebastian Stier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society 2015-12-01
Series:Internet Policy Review
Online Access:https://policyreview.info/node/394
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spelling doaj-df40fbfda0c34b71a5e9c65d1ade978e2020-11-24T22:09:19ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752015-12-01Volume 4Issue 410.14763/2015.4.394The net neutrality debate on TwitterWolf J. Schünemann0Stefan Steiger1Sebastian Stier2Universität HeidelbergUniversität HeidelbergUniversität HeidelbergThe internet has been seen as a medium that empowers individual political actors in relation to established political elites and media gatekeepers. The present article discusses this “net empowerment hypothesis” and tests it empirically by analysing Twitter communication on the regulation of net neutrality. We extracted 503.839 tweets containing #NetNeutrality posted between January and March 2015 and analysed central developments and the network structure of the debate. The empirical results show that traditional actors from media and politics still maintain a central role.https://policyreview.info/node/394
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description The internet has been seen as a medium that empowers individual political actors in relation to established political elites and media gatekeepers. The present article discusses this “net empowerment hypothesis” and tests it empirically by analysing Twitter communication on the regulation of net neutrality. We extracted 503.839 tweets containing #NetNeutrality posted between January and March 2015 and analysed central developments and the network structure of the debate. The empirical results show that traditional actors from media and politics still maintain a central role.
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