A Social Networking Exploration of Political Blogging in Greece

Authors:
Kostas Zafiropoulos;Vasiliki Vrana
Affiliations:
Department of International and European Studies, University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece 54006;Department of Business Administration, Technological Education Institute of Serres, Terma Magnisias, Serres, Greece 62124
Venue:
WSKS '08 Proceedings of the 1st world summit on The Knowledge Society: Emerging Technologies and Information Systems for the Knowledge Society
Year:
2008

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Abstract

The paper considers the recent Web debate relatively to the election of Pan-Hellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) new President. PASOK was defeated on the national election of September 2007, and this defeat brought up a major leadership crisis. Election for a new leader was held on November 2007. The paper examines the posts of blogs linking to the two main candidates. Using social networking theory and statistical analysis, it measures blogs' connectivity, conversational patterns, and variations over time. It examines the skewdeness of incoming blog links and finds the core blog groups that serve as focal points for political bloggers.