Stance and influence of Twitter users regarding the Brexit referendum

Stance and influence of Twitter users regarding the Brexit referendum

Abstract Social media are an important source of information about the political issues, reflecting, as well as influencing, public mood. We present an analysis of Twitter data, collected over 6 weeks before the Brexit referendum, held in the UK in June 2016. We address two questions: what is the re...

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Main Authors: Miha Grčar, Darko Cherepnalkoski, Igor Mozetič, Petra Kralj Novak
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-07-01
Series:Computational Social Networks
Subjects:
Twitter
Sentiment/stance analysis
Agreement/performance measures
User influence
Hirsch index
Brexit
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40649-017-0042-6

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