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BL
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719287
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b538978
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Barend Lutz and Pierre du Toit.
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Defining democracy in a digital age : : political support on social media\ Barend Lutz and Pierre du Toit.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, [2016] ©2014
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Palgrave pivot.
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xii, 138 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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1349505021
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: 9781349505029
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| Notes
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Originally published: 2014.
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| Contents
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1. Democracy In The New Digital Age --;Notes --;2. Twentieth Century Democracy And Its Social Base --;The Civic Culture --;Citizen Effectiveness --;Political Culture --;Social Cohesion And Social Capital --;Political Cohesion At National Level --;Mass Society --;The Third Wave --;Television And The Decline Of Social Capital --;Conclusion --;Notes --;3. The Development Of Methods For Measuring Expressions On Democracy --;The Value Of Measuring Expressions On Democracy --;Traditional Methods Of Measuring Public Expressions Democracy --;The World Values Survey --;Voice Of The People --;Regional Research Projects --;Afrobarometer --;Latinobarometer (Latinobar̤metro) --;Twitter As A New Public Sphere --;Emerging Methods Of Measuring Public Expression --;Conclusion --;Notes --;4. Measuring Support For Democracy On Twitter --;Introduction --;Operationalisation --;The Measuring Instrument: Data Processing Platform --;Public Expressions --;Sentiment Classification --;Data Collection --;Representation Of Measured Expressions On Democracy From Twitter --;Measurement Validity Of The Instrument --;Discussion Of Results --;Error Range In Chatterbox Classification --;Feasibility Of Measuring Public Expressions About Democracy On Twitter --;Other Findings --;Future Research --;Conclusion --;Notes --;5. New Imagined Communities In The Digital Age --;The Internet: Current Impact --;The Politics Of Revolt --;New Social Movements --;New Imagined Communities --;Stable Content --;Dynamic Contextualisation And Aggregation --;Symbolic Representation --;The Internet: Future Impact --;Personal Identity --;Personal Identity And Regime Types --;The Changing Social Base --;Opium Of The People.
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The Internet revolution is at the centre of the creation of the new economy of advanced capitalism, which is uprooting the social and economic base from which the stable democracies of the twentieth century emerged. These established democracies are under increasing strain to retain public support in this new economy, and are ever more critically appraised. One product of the new Digital Age is the social media, a site of mass private expressions of opinion on a global scale. Measuring support for or the decline of democracy in this new public sphere is crucial for democratic endurance. This book presents a methodology for measuring these sentiments on Twitter, and shows how this method can initiate a process to give structure and coherence to this mass of unique individual expressions. It considers how such results can contribute to the shaping of new imagined communities supportive of democracy in this turbulent Digital Age.
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Democracy -- Public opinion.
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Online social networks -- Political aspects.
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Politics and Government.
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HM742.B374 9999
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Barend Lutz
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P van der P Du Toit
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