We propose a new way of imagining and measuring opinions emerging from social media.
As people tend to connect with like-minded others and express opinions in response to …

In the last decade, social media gained a very significant role in public debates, and despite
the many intrinsic difficulties of analyzing data streaming from on-line platforms that are …

Social media have been employed to assess public opinions on events, markets, and
policies. Most current work focuses on either developing aggregated measures or opinion …

Debate is open as to whether social media communities resemble real-life communities, and
to what extent. We contribute to this discussion by testing whether established sociological …

Twitter is a popular microblogging service that is used to read and write millions of short
messages on any topic within a 140‐character limit. Popular or influential users tweet their …

In this study we investigate how social media shape the networked public sphere and
facilitate communication between communities with different political orientations. We …

Homophily-our tendency to surround ourselves with others who share our perspectives and
opinions about the world-is both a part of human nature and an organizing principle …

In the age of the digital generation, written public data is ubiquitous and acts as an outlet for
today's society. Platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and LinkedIn have profoundly …

Social media platforms provide several social interactional features. Due to the large scale
reach of social media, these interactional features help enable various types of political …

Theorizing information flows is at the heart of traditional communication theories such as the
two-step flow of communication and the concept of opinion leadership. Social media have …