Methodologies for Mapping the Political Blogosphere: An Exploration Using the IssueCrawler Research Tool
(2007) Methodologies for Mapping the Political Blogosphere: An Exploration Using the IssueCrawler Research Tool. First Monday 12(5).
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Abstract
This paper explores methodologies for using the IssueCrawler research tool to map the interconnections of individual blogs in sections of the blogosphere. It uses the case of Australian-born Guantanamo detainee David Hicks as a case study, mapping the distributed discussions of this case in that part of the Australian blogosphere which is concerned with debating news and politics. Its findings indicate the presence of a strong and sustained engagement with this case by Australian political bloggers, and point to a tendency for discussions to cluster around a handful of sites which are defined by their political orintation. The network maps also suggest a lack of sustained coverage of the case by bloggers outside of Australia, and indicate only limited engagement between bloggers and the mainstream media.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Status: | Published |
| Keywords: | blogs; blogging; methodology; IssueCrawler; politics; Australia; David Hicks; network mapping; hyperlinks |
| Subjects: | 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media > 400104 Communication and Media Studies 420000 Language and Culture > 420300 Cultural Studies 400000 Journalism, Librarianship and Curatorial Studies > 400100 Journalism, Communication and Media |
| ID Code: | 7832 |
| Deposited By: | Bruns, Axel |
| Deposited On: | 24 May 2007 |
| Alternative Locations: | http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue12_5/bruns/index.html |
| Copyright Owner: | Copyright 2007 Axel Bruns |
| Copyright Statement: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License |