Analyzing Social Media Data and Web Networks

Robert Ackland, Australian National University, AustrailiaNick Anstead, London School of Economics, UKGema M. García-Albacete, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, SpainTodd Graham, University of Groningen, NetherlandsDaniel Hardt, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkAbid Hussain, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkZeshan Ali Jaffari, Copenhagen Business School, DenmarkAndreas Jungherr, Otto-Friedrich-Universität, Bamberg, GermanyPascal Jürgens, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, GermanyDavid Karpf, George Washington University, USABenjamin Lee, University of Leicester, UKBen O'Loughlin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UKJamsheed Shorish, Uberlink Corporation and Shorish Research, BelgiumRosalynd Southern, University of Manchester, UKLaura Sudulich, Université Libre de Bruxelles, BelgiumMike Thelwall, University of Wolverhampton, UKYannis Theocharis, University of Mannheim, GermanyRavi Vatrapu, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark and Norwegian School of Information Technology, NorwayMatt Wall, Swansea University, UKScott Wright, University of Melbourne, Australia

• Introduction: The Importance of Method in the Study of the Political Internet'; Marta Cantijoch, Rachel Gibson, Laura Sudulich, Matthew Wall and Stephen Ward PART I: STRUCTURE AND INFLUENCE 1. Political Homophily on the Web; Robert Ackland and Jamsheed Shorish 2. Blogosphere Authority Index 2.0: Change and Continuity in the American Political Blogosphere, 2007-2010; Dave Karpf 3. A Tool for Analysing Youtube Audience Reactions and Discussions; Mike Thelwall PART II: CONTENTS AND INTERACTIONS 4. Social Data Analytics Tool: A Demonstrative Case Study of Methodology and Software; Ravi Vatrapu, Abid Hussain, Daniel Hardt, and Zeshan Jaffari 5. Opportunities and Challenges of Analysing Twitter Content. A Comparison of the Occupation Movements in Spain, Greece and the US; Gema Garcia-Albacete and Yannis Theocharis 6. Stuttgart's Black Thursday on Twitter: Mapping Political Protests with Social Media Data; Andreas Jungherr and Pascal Jurgens 7. Analysing 'Super-participation' in Online Third Spaces; Todd Graham and Scott Wright PART III: MIXED METHODS AND APPROACHES FOR ANALYSIS OF WEB CAMPAIGNS 8. A Mixed-Methods Approach to Capturing Online Local-Level Data; Rosalynd Southern. 9. From Web Sites to Web Presences. Interactive Behaviours in Web Campaigns During the 2010 UK General Election; Benjamin Lee New Directions in Web Analysis: Semantic Polling and the Future of Opinion Surveys; Nick Anstead and Ben O'Loughlin