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#BREXIT ON
THE BIG QUESTION What is the relationship
between social media and politics?
How was Twitter used in the context of Brexit?★ What is the correlation between real life events
and the world of Twitter? ★ How do different subgroups of users
communicate about blame?
THE DATA
Timeline of #Brexit Tweets
What are the types of tweets?
Who are the most dominant users?
Who are the most dominant users?
Suspended User (@ChrisWill1337)
REAL LIFE EVENTS VS
EVENTS ON TWITTER
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
How do tweets reflect the offline world?
COMMUNICATING BLAME
Research on subgroups● All users● Verified users● Members of Parliament
Frequency analysis:
● Most shared Twitter content● Most shared external content
Research on subgroups: BlameGroups mobilise different content to further their agenda.
● Twitter content (Images) refer a lot to blame.● External content (articles) more neutral.
External content most shared by MPs
Image content most shared by MPs
Who are people angry at?
Tweets classified as angry
COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES
Timeline of Tweets from MPs by Party
Labour Party - Conservative Party - Others
Most popular hashtags among MPs by party
Conservatives: #eu 3,3%, #referendum 2,8%, #withdrawalargreement 2,1%
Labour: #peoplesvote 9,6%, #finalsay 9,0%, #brexitshambles 3,5%
SNP: #revokearticle50 6,0%, #peoplesvote 5,5%, #pmqs 4,8%
Others: #peoplesvote 25,0%, #finalsay 7,2%, #putittothepeople 5,8%
Who does not belong in this group?
NO HASHTAG?
PROBLEMS
[('May', 'DATE'), ('Corbyn', 'PERSON'), ('Boris', 'PERSON'), ('Tory Brexit', 'GPE'), ('Corbyn', 'PERSON'), ('PeoplesVote', 'ORG')],
The research group
Barbara Klaus
Faiz Ahamad
Hege Roivainen
Heng Gong
Jakob Lindström
Group leaders
● Daria Gritsenko● Joe Flanagan● Steven Coats
Further information about the project:
blogs.helsinki.fi/digital-humanities-hackathon/brexit/
Milla Peltoniemi
Minna Turunen
Sonja Sipponen
Yin Yin Lu
