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The Prevalence of Political Discourse in Non-Political Blogs
Published on Aug 18, 20113420 Views
Though political theorists have emphasized the importance of political discussion in non-political spaces, past study of online political discussion has focused on primarily political websites. Usi
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The Prevalence of Political Discourse in Non-Political Blogs00:00
Concerns about homophily in online political discourse00:06
Political spaces00:34
Spaces01:03
People who come together01:45
Signs that politics is not a taboo02:27
Questions for our study03:00
Sample of blogs03:24
Blogger.com (1)03:31
Blogger.com (2)03:48
Blogger.com (3)04:01
Classifying posts (1)04:25
Classifying posts (2)04:42
Classifying posts (3)05:00
Estimating prevalence (1)05:18
Estimating prevalence (2)05:35
Estimating prevalence (3)06:03
Categorizing blogs06:16
Coding comments (1)07:06
Coding comments (2)07:49
Coding comments (3)07:52
Results07:55
Overall prevalence08:02
Prevalence of political posts (1)08:04
Prevalence of political posts (2)08:44
Prevalence of political posts by day09:14
Prevalence by category09:52
Categories (1)09:56
Categories (2)10:02
Categories (3)10:07
Prevalence of political posts by category (1)10:14
Prevalence of political posts by category (2)10:19
Prevalence of political posts by category (3)10:25
Prevalence of political posts by category (4)10:36
Prevalence of political posts by category (5)10:44
Engagement10:52
Mean comments per post11:09
Expected comments per post11:28
Engagement and agreement (1)11:44
Engagement and agreement (2)12:21
This is a start (1)12:51
This is a start (2)12:59
This is a start (3)13:06
This is a start (4)13:13
The Prevalence of Political Discourse in Non-Political Blogs14:10