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Understanding TwitterTM Use among Parliament Representatives: A Genre Analysis

2011

Published version of a chapter published in the book: Electronic Participation. Also available from the publisher at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23333-3_1 This article examines parliament representatives’ Twitter- contributions (tweets). First, the genre of communication approach is introduced to identify common characteristics and communication patterns. Second, the findings are analysed using various eDemocracy models and deliberative standards to identify to what extent these tweets could be characterized as part of a deliberative discussion. The tweets are mainly dominated by five communication purposes; providing links to information sources for other Twitter users, to inform …

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