Computational analysis of the use of Twitter during the 2022 presidential debates in Costa Rica

 

Bewaard in:
Bibliografische gegevens
Auteur: Chavarría-Mora, Elías
Formaat: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publicatiedatum:2023
Omschrijving:In which ways did the conversation evolve around presidential candidates in 2022 in the social network Twitter during the presidential debates of Repretel and Teletica? In this exploratory research note, I use computational techniques such as dictionary analysis and unsupervised machine learning for topic modeling to explore this question, with the goal of adding to the growing number of quantitative research regarding social networks in Costa Rica. While the results are merely exploratory and do not test any hypothesis, they do not suggest a great presence of automated accounts during the debates. Rodrigo Chaves, as a topic, clearly dominated the conversation in Twitter, in particular with regards to the accusations of sexual harassment against him.
Land:Portal de Revistas UCR
Instelling:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Taal:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/54481
Online toegang:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/ciep/article/view/54481
Keyword:Computational social sciences
Elections
Topic modeling
Social networks
Presidential debates
Ciencias sociales computacionales
Elecciones
Modelación de temas
Redes sociales
Debates presidenciales