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Social Media Indicator and Local Elections in the Netherlands: Towards a Framework for Evaluating the Influence of Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook

In: Social Media and Local Governments

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  • Robin Effing

    (Saxion University of Applied Sciences)

  • Jos Hillegersberg

    (University of Twente)

  • Theo Huibers

    (University of Twente)

Abstract

Social media has become a popular tool in the political landscape. As a result, it is of increased importance to evaluate social media campaigns of politicians. However, there is currently little knowledge how to measure and evaluate the influence of social media in political campaigns, especially at the local scale. This chapter is a step further towards the development of a theoretical framework and an algorithm that contributes to more reliable impact measurement of social media campaigns by politicians. The Social Media Indicator-2 framework and a related scoring algorithm are introduced to evaluate the influence of individual political candidates via social media on their social environment. The framework is tested by applying it in an empirical pilot study based on the local 2014 municipal elections in the Netherlands. We collected data for the political candidates and their parties in a pre-defined period and were able to relate scores to voting outcome. Positive correlations were revealed between social media contribution scores of politicians and their preference votes within the province of Overijssel in the Netherlands.

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  • Robin Effing & Jos Hillegersberg & Theo Huibers, 2016. "Social Media Indicator and Local Elections in the Netherlands: Towards a Framework for Evaluating the Influence of Twitter, YouTube, and Facebook," Public Administration and Information Technology, in: Mehmet Zahid Sobaci (ed.), Social Media and Local Governments, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 281-298, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:paitcp:978-3-319-17722-9_15
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-17722-9_15
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    1. Sturm, Silke, 2019. "Political Competition: How to Measure Party Strategy in Direct Voter Communication using Social Media Data?," Hamburg Discussion Papers in International Economics 1, University of Hamburg, Department of Economics.

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