The Political Twittersphere as a Breeding Ground for Populist Ideas: The Case of Israel

IF 5.5 1区 文学 Q1 COMMUNICATION Social Media + Society Pub Date : 2024-08-12 DOI:10.1177/20563051241265863
Eitan Tzelgov, Steven Lloyd Wilson
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This study employs a neural network approach to investigate the dissemination and content of populist ideas within the Israeli political Twittersphere. By analyzing a data set of Twitter activity by Israeli lawmakers from 2013 to 2022, the study reveals a consistent increase in the frequency and concentration of populist ideas, particularly among legislators from religious-nationalist parties. The analysis of the topical content of populist ideas spread on Twitter highlights the significant impact of legal proceedings against the Prime Minister on political discussions. It delineates the development of a Manichean discourse among the center-left and a complete populist cosmology among the right, reaching its peak in 2022. The study demonstrates the utility of such approaches in understanding the evolution and dissemination of populist ideas, as well as the challenges faced by the backsliding Israeli democracy.
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作为民粹主义思想温床的政治推特圈:以色列案例
本研究采用神经网络方法调查以色列政治推特圈中民粹主义思想的传播和内容。通过分析以色列立法者从 2013 年到 2022 年的推特活动数据集,研究发现民粹主义思想的频率和集中度持续上升,尤其是在宗教民族主义政党的立法者中。对推特上传播的民粹主义观点的热门内容进行分析,凸显了针对总理的法律诉讼对政治讨论的重大影响。它描述了中左翼的摩尼教话语和右翼的完整民粹主义宇宙论的发展,并在 2022 年达到顶峰。研究表明,这种方法有助于理解民粹主义思想的演变和传播,以及正在倒退的以色列民主所面临的挑战。
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Social Media + Society
Social Media + Society COMMUNICATION-
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9.20
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3.80%
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111
审稿时长
12 weeks
期刊介绍: Social Media + Society is an open access, peer-reviewed scholarly journal that focuses on the socio-cultural, political, psychological, historical, economic, legal and policy dimensions of social media in societies past, contemporary and future. We publish interdisciplinary work that draws from the social sciences, humanities and computational social sciences, reaches out to the arts and natural sciences, and we endorse mixed methods and methodologies. The journal is open to a diversity of theoretic paradigms and methodologies. The editorial vision of Social Media + Society draws inspiration from research on social media to outline a field of study poised to reflexively grow as social technologies evolve. We foster the open access of sharing of research on the social properties of media, as they manifest themselves through the uses people make of networked platforms past and present, digital and non. The journal presents a collaborative, open, and shared space, dedicated exclusively to the study of social media and their implications for societies. It facilitates state-of-the-art research on cutting-edge trends and allows scholars to focus and track trends specific to this field of study.
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