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The public's perception of political parties during the 2014 Québec election on Twitter

William Sanger and Thierry Warin

Article (2018)

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Abstract

Analysis 670,000 messages were collected during the 2014 Quebec election regarding each political party using a framing strategy. After associating each message to one of the four main topics of the campaign, two logistic models were developed to describe the election. While having been set by the incumbent party, the topic of "Independence" was not the most important topic of the campaign ("Economy" and "Society" were). When dominating in terms of mentions, each party was associated to a topic, and such association changed during the campaign.

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Nous avons collecté 670 000 messages concernant l’élection québécoise de 2014 en utilisant une stratégie de cadrage. Chaque message fut associé à une thématique de campagne, puis deux modèles logistiques furent utilisés pour décrire les élections. Ainsi, alors que le thème de l’indépendance fut mis à l’avant par le parti sortant, ce sont les messages reliés à l’économie et à la société qui furent les plus importants. Chaque parti fut associé préférentiellement à une thématique lorsqu’il domina en termes de mentions, et nous observons une évolution de cette association au cours de la campagne électorale.

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conversation analysis ; political communication ; social media ; electoral campaign ; social data science ; social media ; participation ; Analyse de conversations ; Communication politique ; Média sociaux ; Campagne électorale; Science de données en sciences humaines

Subjects: 2800 Artificial intelligence > 2801 Natural language and speech understanding
Department: Department of Mathematics and Industrial Engineering
Research Center: CIRANO - Center for Interuniversity Research and Analysis of Organizations
PolyPublie URL: https://publications.polymtl.ca/5122/
Journal Title: Canadian Journal of Communication (vol. 43, no. 2)
Publisher: Canadian Journal of Communication
DOI: 10.22230/cjc.2018v43n2a3251
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2018v43n2a3251
Date Deposited: 24 Feb 2023 10:46
Last Modified: 28 Sep 2024 06:23
Cite in APA 7: Sanger, W., & Warin, T. (2018). The public's perception of political parties during the 2014 Québec election on Twitter. Canadian Journal of Communication, 43(2), 245-263. https://doi.org/10.22230/cjc.2018v43n2a3251

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