Networked politics on cyworld: The text and sentiment of Korean political profiles

Social Science Computer Review

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 288-299

  Park, Se Jung ^a   Lim, Yon Soo ^a   Sams, Steven ^a   Nam, Sang Me ^a   Park, Han Woo ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

collective identity; Cyworld; political communication; political discourse; sentiment analysis; social network site; South Korea; text analysis; user comments

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960581826     PISSN: 08944393     EISSN: 15528286     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0894439310382509     Document Type: Article

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