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Politics, cyberbullying and social media: 6 psychological features of harmful electronic communication 11 Jan 2013 | 12:26 am
There has been a flurry of commentary in response to reports that Minister Shane McEntee’s suicide was predicated by cyberbullying. Implications of causality notwithstanding, what follows is intended ...
To BCC or not BCC: why are we making email list errors and how to avoid them 20 Nov 2012 | 02:07 am
In which I begin a cross-over between my interests of political intrigue and cyberpsychological methodology. Just after a brief trawl of the internet, I’ve found a few cases of a certain class of onl...
Mid-term report for Leinster House – Facebook & Twitter analysis 3 Nov 2012 | 03:51 pm
I’ve started blogging this (31st Dáil on Facebook and Twitter and Party flagship accounts) and more to come over the next few days, but here’s the full thing: Mid-Term Report 2012 In summary: Main pa...
The 31st Dáil on Facebook and Twitter 3 Nov 2012 | 03:27 pm
One hundred and sixty-six Teachta Dálaí entered Leinster House shortly after the General Election of February 25th, 2011. As has been previously noted in a variety of locations, that election was the ...
Party flagship accounts 1 Nov 2012 | 01:46 am
A separate report will be issued later analysing the activity and interaction patterns on these accounts in greater detail, but for our present purposes we are mainly interested in the support levels ...
Partitionism in cyberspace: analysis of Sinn Féin’s Twitter accounts 12 Oct 2012 | 12:17 am
So, in continuing the cluster analysis of the Twitter accounts of our elected representatives, I’m kinda running out of road after having done Fine Gael and Labour, as the other parties aren’t really ...
Things I hate about politicians on social media 10 Oct 2012 | 03:33 pm
I’ve had this one brewing for a while, so I may as well get it off my chest now. I’ve decided not to point to examples of these particular behaviours though, to save blushes. But in general, the issue...
Fine Gael TDs Twitter cluster analysis 9 Oct 2012 | 12:27 am
This is basically the same analysis as the Labour analysis, though in this case I have yet to discern any sensible patterns to the clusters. Both the ‘Green Isle Gang’ from the 2010 heave and the ‘Fiv...
Teaser: Mean Twitter Account Activity per TD 28 Sep 2012 | 08:51 pm
A taste of some more of the analysis coming next week: This graph basically demonstrates how active the average Twitter account of each TD per party is. So, for example, you can see that the average I...
The heart of the affair: Labour TDs twitter network analysis 27 Sep 2012 | 01:25 am
I was almost finished analysing the clusters in the Labour TDs twitter accounts when the news that Róisín Shortall had resigned broke. It distracted me somewhat for reasons you’ll understand below. ...
