Dissertation/ Thesis
Ενεργητική κοινή γνώμη στο συμμετοχικό διαδίκτυο: η περίπτωση των πολιτικών ιστολογίων ; Activated public opinion on Web 2.0: The case of Greek political blogs
| العنوان: | Ενεργητική κοινή γνώμη στο συμμετοχικό διαδίκτυο: η περίπτωση των πολιτικών ιστολογίων ; Activated public opinion on Web 2.0: The case of Greek political blogs |
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| المؤلفون: | Vagianos, Dimitrios, Βαγιάνος, Δημήτριος |
| بيانات النشر: | University of Macedonia Economic and Social Sciences Πανεπιστήμιο Μακεδονίας Οικονομικών και Κοινωνικών Επιστημών |
| سنة النشر: | 2013 |
| المجموعة: | National Archive of PhD Theses (National Documentation Centre Greece) |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Ελληνικά πολιτικά ιστολόγια, Μπλογκόσφαιρα, Ενεργητική κοινή γνώμη, Ιστολόγια κατηγορίας A, Υπερσύνδεσμοι, Διασυνδεσιμότητα, Πολυδιάστατη κλιμάκωση, Ανάλυση συστάδων, Κοινωνικά δίκτυα, Σημεία εστίασης, Κεντρικότητα, Ενδιαμεσότητα, Επιρροή, Ανάλυση περιεχομένου, Κωδικοποίηση, Ανάλυση κύριων συνιστωσών, Διακρίνουσα ανάλυση, Greek political blogs, Blogosphere, Activated public opinion, A-list blogs, Hyperlinks, Connectivity, Cluster analysis, Social networks, Focal points, Centrality, Betweeness, Multidimensional scaling, Influence |
| الوصف: | Among the most popular applications of Web 2.0 regarding politics are the blogs with political content. According to Chadwick (2006), blogs may refer to each other via hyperlinks, forming in that way social networks. In these networks, they tend to form clusters that correspond to communities within the overall political blogosphere. The aim of this thesis was to investigate the Greek political blogosphere focusing on the formation of these blog communities, based on their hyperlink interconnectivity. As a first step, 127 political blogs were recorded, which were found to be among the most popular in the survey period. Based on their hyperlinking properties, the adjacency matrix from the blogs' social network was constructed. By applying Multidimensional Scaling and Cluster Analysis, clusters were located, which correspond to the aforementioned communities and consequently to the way political bloggers see the whole community they form. Taking a step further, research took place in order to investigate if political blogs, belonging to the above mentioned clusters or not, are somehow related to the degree they may potentially influence their readers. Findings showed that high influence does not always involve high hyperlinking or vice versa. Finally, by applying Content Analysis to the content of the blogs forming the clusters as well as to the most influential blogs that did not belong to any of these clusters, the qualitative characteristics and the general topics of political discussion taking place in their content were identified, regarding to the specific survey period. Findings suggested that the qualitative characteristics of the political blogs are significantly related to the cluster they belong to according to their hyperlinking. In conclusion, a method of mapping the political blogoshere, consisting of three components, is presented in this thesis. In the research that took place, the method proved to be able to investigate both its qualitative and quantitative characteristics. By applying it in the ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | doctoral or postdoctoral thesis |
| اللغة: | Greek, Modern (1453-) |
| Relation: | http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/29921 |
| DOI: | 10.12681/eadd/29921 |
| الاتاحة: | http://hdl.handle.net/10442/hedi/29921 https://doi.org/10.12681/eadd/29921 |
| Rights: | BY_NC_SA |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.35FECF37 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
| DOI: | 10.12681/eadd/29921 |
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