#auspol, #qldpol, and #wapol: Twitter and the new Australian political commentariat Tim Highfield, Axel Bruns, and Stephen Harrington ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation Queensland University of Technology Brisbane, Australia t.highfield | a.bruns | s.harrington @ qut.edu.au @timhighfield | @snurb_dot_info | @_StephenH http://mappingonlinepublics.net/
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#auspol, #qldpol, and #wapol:
Twitter and the new
Australian political
commentariat Tim Highfield, Axel Bruns, and Stephen Harrington
ARC Centre of Excellence for Creative Industries and Innovation
• Mentions of these keywords + #auspol: 1547 tweets, 924 users
• Mentions of #auspol (all contexts): 6989 tweets, 2092 users
– Bob Brown – 22.1% of #auspol tweets
– #auspol – 11.9% of Bob Brown tweets
– 8065 users – 1338 both Bob Brown + #auspol (16.6%)
THE STATE LEVEL: QUEENSLAND
• #qldpol
– 116,873 tweets (15/01-15/10), 9531 users
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State election Civil partnerships bill amended
Budget Government funding
THE STATE LEVEL: WESTERN AUSTRALIA
• #wapol
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Opposition leadership change
Treasurer resigns
Cabinet reshuffle
Budget
#AUSPOL AND FEDERAL POLITICIANS
@mentions/RTs by active Federal politicians in #auspol tweets Black – journalist/MSM Red – ALP Blue – Liberal Orange – Nationals Green – Greens Pink - Independent
#AUSPOL AND FEDERAL POLITICIANS
degree 2+ @mentions/RTs by active Federal politicians in #auspol tweets Black – journalist/MSM Red – ALP Blue – Liberal Orange – Nationals Green – Greens Pink - Independent
#WAPOL
degree 5+ Black – journalist/MSM Red – ALP Blue – Liberal Orange – Nationals Green - Greens
degree 2+, @mentions/RTs by active WA state politicians in #wapol tweets Black – journalist/MSM Red – ALP Blue – Liberal Orange – Nationals Green - Greens
#WAPOL AND WA POLITICIANS
• 9 October: Julia Gillard’s misogyny and sexism speech
– 1.9mil views on YouTube
– International attention, heightened #auspol activity: