@article {Dang-Xuan:2013:1369-118X:795,
title = "AN INVESTIGATION OF INFLUENTIALS AND THE ROLE OF SENTIMENT IN POLITICAL COMMUNICATION ON TWITTER DURING ELECTION PERIODS",
journal = "Information, Communication and Society",
parent_itemid = "infobike://routledg/rics",
publishercode ="routledg",
year = "2013",
volume = "16",
number = "5",
publication date ="2013-06-01T00:00:00",
pages = "795-825",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1369-118X",
eissn = "1468-4462",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/routledg/rics/2013/00000016/00000005/art00009",
doi = "doi:10.1080/1369118X.2013.783608",
keyword = "influentials, election campaign, political communication, Twitter, sentiment",
author = "Dang-Xuan, Linh and Stieglitz, Stefan and Wladarsch, Jennifer and Neuberger, Christoph",
abstract = "In this paper, the authors investigate how Twitter is used for political communication during election periods with a specific focus on characteristics and communication behavior of influential accounts. Our analysis focuses on the state parliament election in Berlin (Germany) on 18
September 2011. Tweets of the top-30 most retweeted users are analyzed with respect to content-related features such as emotionality, appraisal of political parties or politicians, and topics. Furthermore, the authors test hypotheses regarding the relationship between sentiment in terms of
emotionality and appraisals occurring in tweets and their quantity and speed of dissemination. Our work helps both researchers and politicians to better understand the nature of influentials in political communication and the role of sentiment in information diffusion on Twitter.",
}