Common Ground or Battle Ground? Detecting Bipartisanship in User Stance and Topic Dimensions Among U.S. Political Opinion Leaders on Twitter

• In Event: Political Networks, Public Opinion, and Political Communication

Brief Overview

This paper aims to reveal qualitative aspects of the common ground of partisans in social media. We detect both network position and topic dimensions, using the original data of Twitter messages from US political opinion leaders and institutions.

Authors

• Jaemin Lee, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

• Yanrong Du, Fudan University