Social and semantic network analysis of Facebook pages: the case of Brexit and Bremain leaders.

This paper aims to probe how leaders of Brexit (Nigel Farage) and Bremain (David Cameron) camps communicated with the UK public via Facebook fan pages. This study employed two different types of data analysis (social network analysis and semantic network analysis) for exploring the structure and the...

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Publicado en:Asia Europe Journal Vol. 18; no. 4; pp. 479 - 493
Autores principales: Park, Sung-Hoon, Yoon, Sung-Won, Chung, Sae Won
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Publicado: Springer Nature Dec2020
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          Park, Sung-Hoon
          Yoon, Sung-Won
          Chung, Sae Won
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          Korea University Division of International Studies and Graduate School of International Studies, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, 02841, Seoul, South Korea
          Division of Business Administration, The University of Suwon, 18323, Hwaseong-si, South Korea
          KU-KIEP-SBS EU Centre, Korea University Graduate School of International Studies, 145 Anam-ro, Seongbuk-gu, 02841, Seoul, South Korea
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        United Kingdom
        Social network analysis
        Semantic network analysis
        British withdrawal from the European Union, 2016-2020
        Brexit Referendum, 2016
        Diffusion processes
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          Social network analysis
          United Kingdom
          Semantic network analysis
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          Brexit Referendum, 2016
          Diffusion processes
      ab: This paper aims to probe how leaders of Brexit (Nigel Farage) and Bremain (David Cameron) camps communicated with the UK public via Facebook fan pages. This study employed two different types of data analysis (social network analysis and semantic network analysis) for exploring the structure and the contents of information diffusion process. These analyses yielded the opposite results. For social network analysis, Bremain Camp showed a preponderance regarding the numbers of commentators, their relationships and network distance. Conversely, for the semantic network analysis, the results suggested that Brexit-related framings were salient in both leaders' Facebook fan pages. In other words, even though these two leaders have different perspectives and opinions to the Brexit, both Facebook fan pages eventually promoted Brexit campaigns to their followers. In addition, this study was able to find out Brexiters strategically approached and effectively persuaded a substantial pool of Bremainers.
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