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The Norwegian Twittersphere: Structure and Dynamics

Axel Bruns
Axel Bruns
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Gunn Enli
Gunn Enli
   | 26 mag 2018
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Pubblicato online: 26 mag 2018
Pagine: 129 - 148
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/nor-2018-0006
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Figure 1

New Norwegian Twitter accounts created per month, with interface language settings current as of February 2016.
New Norwegian Twitter accounts created per month, with interface language settings current as of February 2016.

Figure 2

Norwegian Twittersphere network. Edges not shown. Nodes positioned using Force Atlas 2 algorithm in Gephi (Jacomy et al. 2014); node colour gradient from blue to red represents increasing number of followers.
Norwegian Twittersphere network. Edges not shown. Nodes positioned using Force Atlas 2 algorithm in Gephi (Jacomy et al. 2014); node colour gradient from blue to red represents increasing number of followers.

Figure 3

Norwegian Twittersphere network. Node colour based on Louvain community detection algorithm (modularity resolution 0.5; Blondel et al. 2008), implemented in Gephi. Clusters labelled following qualitative review of leading accounts in each community.
Norwegian Twittersphere network. Node colour based on Louvain community detection algorithm (modularity resolution 0.5; Blondel et al. 2008), implemented in Gephi. Clusters labelled following qualitative review of leading accounts in each community.

Key interconnectivity metrics for the 30 largest clusters

Cluster Name External connections (within Norway) Internal connections E-I index Accounts receiving in-cluster edges (%)
Blogs & Humour 105,580 108,279 −0.01 84
Oslo/National News & Culture 137,996 38,945 0.56 34
Sports: Football 148,587 42,748 0.55 77
Music & Radio 131,715 28,498 0.64 74
Online Entertainment 56,123 23,501 0.41 63
Comedy 103,527 24,287 0.62 65
Netizens 128,251 30,409 0.62 87
Others 68,682 14,714 0.65 67
Travel & Leisure 91,932 16,338 0.70 76
Development & Environment Policy 107,269 16,478 0.73 90
Troms/Nordland News 67,720 15,938 0.62 86
Western Country News 60,573 14,160 0.62 82
Business & Innovation 93,165 13,412 0.75 77
Political Debate 117,442 13,749 0.79 81
Cultural Debate 93,687 14,193 0.74 85
Science, Innovation & Education 93,286 12,394 0.77 88
Health Policy 82,485 11,490 0.76 87
Music & Entertainment 14,267 3,985 0.56 37
Religion & Politics 59,466 8,831 0.74 84
Social Elites & Satire 28,997 3,086 0.81 31
Business & Media 137,708 8,397 0.89 88
Trøndelag News 22,950 6,380 0.56 86
Food & Drink 53,193 5,400 0.82 79
Sunnmøre News & Culture 27,212 5,583 0.66 88
Photography 25,621 5,217 0.66 91
Irony and Curiosa 14,470 4,584 0.52 84
Hordaland/Bergen News 33,295 3,294 0.82 72
Østfold News 30,769 3,076 0.82 86
Oslo Region 7,067 2,549 0.47 81
Gambling 22,391 2,463 0.80 84
Sexuality 15,278 1,765 0.79 61

Key activity metrics for the 30 largest clusters

Cluster Name Accounts in group Protected Verified Median join date Total tweets Tweets per account Average tweets per day Median tweets per day
Blogs & Humour 131,311 4,855 3 23.07.2012 100,736,580 767.16 0.6840 0.0258
Oslo/National News & Culture 118,483 980 5 05.08.2013 7,721,647 65.17 0.0966 0.0007
Sports: Football 55,107 1,047 61 01.05.2012 32,649,497 592.47 0.4078 0.0146
Music & Radio 38,094 1,106 72 07.12.2011 17,978,740 471.96 0.2811 0.0118
Online Entertainment 36,969 618 6 12.06.2013 15,610,716 422.27 0.5028 0.0199
Comedy 34,845 1,297 2 17.01.2012 12,155,711 348.85 0.2022 0.0071
Netizens 34,033 1,652 10 29.05.2010 17,344,820 509.65 0.3689 0.0129
Others 22,126 910 6 26.08.2012 8,240,985 372.46 0.3333 0.0056
Travel & Leisure 21,715 881 12 28.04.2012 13,018,976 599.54 0.4179 0.0051
Development & Environment Policy 19,256 752 18 23.08.2012 7,017,327 364.42 0.2932 0.0100
Troms/Nordland News 18,285 691 1 16.05.2012 4,246,332 232.23 0.1527 0.0031
Western Country News 17,478 630 08.04.2012 3,664,045 209.64 0.1487 0.0036
Business & Innovation 17,299 616 4 07.07.2012 3,535,449 204.37 0.1665 0.0036
Political Debate 16,763 450 6 27.01.2012 9,751,181 581.71 0.3220 0.0167
Cultural Debate 16,711 614 5 30.01.2012 6,656,536 398.33 0.2273 0.0103
Science, Innovation & Education 14,309 610 11.04.2012 5,140,675 359.26 0.2200 0.0089
Health Policy 13,742 507 5 20.09.2012 3,780,448 275.10 0.1906 0.0052
Music & Entertainment 11,242 178 06.10.2012 927,497 82.50 0.0667 0.0009
Religion & Politics 10,076 397 1 29.02.2012 2,840,294 281.89 0.1665 0.0068
Social Elites & Satire 9,854 277 2 05.06.2012 1,017,314 103.24 0.0841 0.0007
Business & Media 9,240 757 1 23.04.2012 27,420,052 2,967.54 1.9127 0.0890
Trøndelag News 7,271 468 17.04.2012 3,454,163 475.06 0.3217 0.0190
Food & Drink 6,957 259 14.05.2012 1,993,346 286.52 0.2221 0.0048
Sunnmøre News & Culture 6,567 316 30.03.2012 2,787,846 424.52 0.2706 0.0158
Photography 6,055 343 1 01.03.2012 2,075,153 342.72 0.2139 0.0099
Irony and Curiosa 5,278 194 04.04.2012 1,579,698 299.30 0.2087 0.0086
Hordaland/Bergen News 4,493 165 05.06.2012 1,097,836 244.34 0.1451 0.0035
Østfold News 3,550 185 24.03.2012 1,078,426 303.78 0.1702 0.0029
Oslo Region 3,165 267 17.06.2012 3,058,934 966.49 1.0260 0.0314
Gambling 2,976 116 20.08.2012 670,343 225.25 0.1566 0.0042
Sexuality 2,826 132 19.11.2012 1,448,780 512.66 0.6536 0.0066
Total 716,076 22,270 221 08.07.2012 320,699,347 447.86 0.3544 0.0066
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