...Jacob R. Straus Purpose The purpose of this paper is to understand why some US Senators have more low-quality followers than others and the potential impact of low-quality followers on understanding constituent preferences. Design/methodology/approach For each US Senator, data on Twitter...

... was conducted to extract data on the Twitter communication of the chosen missions, followed by a quantitative analysis on which elements of the EU’s strategic communication can be identified. The timeframe for investigation was set up between 1 January 2019 and 31 August 2020. Findings Patterns...

...Vittoria Marino; Letizia Lo Presti Purpose This paper examines the communication modalities on Twitter to broadcast content to citizens and measures the effectiveness of the posted content in activating the citizens’ political participation proposing an retweetability rate. Design/methodology...

... context, by establishing a relationship between democratic participation, through Facebook and Twitter, and the development of smart cities. The basic concept emerged two decades ago, regardless of the term used, and many definitions and approaches have been proposed, resulting in a situation...