Mapping Communication Infrastructure Theory Onto Twitter: Network Integration and Neighborhood Storytelling.

Guided by communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study examined residents' integration to the neighborhood storytelling network and its association with neighborhood storytelling. The ego networks of the local ties of 350 residents and their timelines were obtained from Twitter's search app...

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Publicado en:International Journal of Communication (19328036) Vol. 12; pp. 4292 - 4313
Autores principales: ZHENG AN, MENDIOLA-SMITH, LUANA
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: University of Southern California, USC Annenberg Press 2018
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Sumario:Guided by communication infrastructure theory (CIT), this study examined residents' integration to the neighborhood storytelling network and its association with neighborhood storytelling. The ego networks of the local ties of 350 residents and their timelines were obtained from Twitter's search application programming interface (API). Residents' integration to the neighborhood storytelling network was operationalized as network size and network density. The results show that both network size and network density positively predicted neighborhood storytelling. When local ties were classified into types, residents who followed more geo-ethnic media accounts and other local residents participated more in neighborhood storytelling.