论文标题
政治家在Twitter中的自我发展关系的结构
Structure of Ego-alter relationships of Politicians in Twitter
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论文摘要
我们分析了300名意大利国会议员和18位欧洲领导人的自我拆卸网络以及约14,000名通用用户。我们发现社会环境的典型结构特性，这意味着Twitter活动受到与塑造常规社会关系的约束的控制。但是，自我纽带的演变非常动态，这表明它们不是完全用于社会互动，而是用于公共信号传导和自我促进。从这个角度来看，欧盟领导者的行为更为明显，而意大利国会议员则在他们和通用用户之间。我们发现，不仅仅是通用用户，政客是在推文中创建关系对讨论主题的副作用，而不是通过联系特定的变化。
We analyze the ego-alter Twitter networks of 300 Italian MPs and 18 European leaders, and of about 14,000 generic users. We find structural properties typical of social environments, meaning that Twitter activity is controlled by constraints that are similar to those shaping conventional social relationships. However, the evolution of ego-alter ties is very dynamic, which suggests that they are not entirely used for social interaction, but for public signaling and self-promotion. From this standpoint, the behavior of EU leaders is much more evident, while Italian MPs are in between them and generic users. We find that politicians, more than generic users, create relationships as a side effect of tweeting on discussion topics, rather than by contacting specific alters.
