Analyzing digital politics: Challenges and experiments in a dual perspective

• Published in: arXiv.org
• Main Authors: Castel, Géraldine, Vargas-Solar, Genoveva, Espinosa-Oviedo, Javier
• Format: Paper Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Ithaca Cornell University Library, arXiv.org 14.03.2019
• Subjects: Archiving; Computer Science - Computers and Society; Computer Science - Social and Information Networks; Data collection; Digital media; Elections; Humanities; Political factors; Social networks

Social networks have become in the last decade central to political life. However, to those interested in analysing the communication strategies of parties and candidates at election time, the introduction of the Internet into the political sphere has proved a mixed blessing. Indeed, while retrievin...