Echo-chambers and Idea Labs: Communication Styles on Twitter
Aleksandra Sorokovikova, Michael Becker, Ivan P. Yamshchikov
Abstract
This paper investigates the communication styles and structures of Twitter (X) communities within the vaccination context. While mainstream research primarily focuses on the echo-chamber phenomenon, wherein certain ideas are reinforced and participants are isolated from opposing opinions, this study reveals the presence of diverse communication styles across various communities. In addition to the communities exhibiting echo-chamber behavior, this research uncovers communities with distinct communication patterns. By shedding light on the nuanced nature of communication within social networks, this study emphasizes the significance of understanding the diversity of perspectives within online communities.- Anthology ID:
- 2024.politicalnlp-1.10
- Volume:
- Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Political Sciences @ LREC-COLING 2024
- Month:
- May
- Year:
- 2024
- Address:
- Torino, Italia
- Editors:
- Haithem Afli, Houda Bouamor, Cristina Blasi Casagran, Sahar Ghannay
- Venues:
- PoliticalNLP | WS
- SIG:
- Publisher:
- ELRA and ICCL
- Note:
- Pages:
- 91–95
- Language:
- URL:
- https://aclanthology.org/2024.politicalnlp-1.10
- DOI:
- Cite (ACL):
- Aleksandra Sorokovikova, Michael Becker, and Ivan P. Yamshchikov. 2024. Echo-chambers and Idea Labs: Communication Styles on Twitter. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on Natural Language Processing for Political Sciences @ LREC-COLING 2024, pages 91–95, Torino, Italia. ELRA and ICCL.
- Cite (Informal):
- Echo-chambers and Idea Labs: Communication Styles on Twitter (Sorokovikova et al., PoliticalNLP-WS 2024)
- PDF:
- https://preview.aclanthology.org/nschneid-patch-4/2024.politicalnlp-1.10.pdf