Matsuo, Akitaka and Han, Oul and Matsumura, Naoko (2023) The Social Media Audience of Diplomatic Crisis. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26 (3). pp. 922-939. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231172346
Matsuo, Akitaka and Han, Oul and Matsumura, Naoko (2023) The Social Media Audience of Diplomatic Crisis. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26 (3). pp. 922-939. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231172346
Matsuo, Akitaka and Han, Oul and Matsumura, Naoko (2023) The Social Media Audience of Diplomatic Crisis. The British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 26 (3). pp. 922-939. DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/13691481231172346
Abstract
Social media communication makes visible the linkages between governments’ actions to diplomatic events and domestic audiences’ reactions. This study analyzes tweets that discuss the recent diplomatic crisis between Japan and Korea. Through the detection of clusters of Twitter users and the content analysis of the tweets in the two countries, this study shows how the public’s interpretation of a crisis widely differs by their stances toward their country’s government. The analysis finds that the clusters are aligned with their pro- and anti-stances toward the current government and that pro-government clusters tend to interpret the diplomatic crisis through a historical perspective, while anti-government clusters interpret it as a matter of present-day politics. Furthermore, we find strong negativity in the tweets discussing the opponent online groups, especially by the anti-government cluster against the pro-government online camp. These findings suggest that a diplomatic crisis can create or deepen domestic polarization.
Item Type: | Article |
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Uncontrolled Keywords: | computer text analysis; foreign policy; Korea-Japan relations; social media communities; Twitter |
Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences Faculty of Social Sciences > Government, Department of |
SWORD Depositor: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Depositing User: | Unnamed user with email elements@essex.ac.uk |
Date Deposited: | 05 May 2023 10:20 |
Last Modified: | 21 Aug 2024 09:51 |
URI: | http://repository.essex.ac.uk/id/eprint/35121 |
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