Journal article
Coevolution of Political Discussion and Common Ground in Web Discussion Forum
Social science computer review, v 32(2), pp 155-169
01 Apr 2014
Abstract
Common ground is vital for developing deliberative democracy. The current study employs text mining techniques to measure common ground in online political discussions and examines how the structure of political discussions coevolves with common ground over time. The present study collected 175,960 messages over a period of 13 months, from a popular discussion forum on 2012 U.S. presidential election. Common ground is measured by a semantic similarity network and an interpretive framework network. The former emphasizes shared political knowledge, while the latter emphasizes shared interpretations. In addition, this study explores the coevolutionary process of political discussion and common ground. Results were obtained by employing longitudinal network analysis. They suggest that political discussions could facilitate the achievement of common ground that might further serve as a facilitator of political discussion among the participants.
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- Title
- Coevolution of Political Discussion and Common Ground in Web Discussion Forum
- Creators
- Hai Liang - City University of Hong KongHualou Liang - School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems (1997-)
- Publication Details
- Social science computer review, v 32(2), pp 155-169
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 15
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000333645600004
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84898839747
- Other Identifier
- 991019320609504721
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- Computer Science, Interdisciplinary Applications
- Information Science & Library Science
- Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary