Do birds of different feather flock together? Analyzing the political use of social media through a language-based approach in a multilingual context
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Highlights：
• The study analyzes the political use of Twitter during the 2013 Malaysian GE.
• Malay and English language communities differed in their Twitter use.
• Malay users seek political information and express their political opinion.
• English language users share and disseminate more information.
• Both homophily (language) and cross-cutting interactions (partisanship) are found.
摘要
•The study analyzes the political use of Twitter during the 2013 Malaysian GE.•Malay and English language communities differed in their Twitter use.•Malay users seek political information and express their political opinion.•English language users share and disseminate more information.•Both homophily (language) and cross-cutting interactions (partisanship) are found.
论文关键词：Twitter,Election campaign,Language,Homophily,Cross-cutting,Malaysia
论文评审过程：Received 16 September 2017, Revised 26 April 2018, Accepted 28 April 2018, Available online 2 May 2018, Version of Record 11 May 2018.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.04.051
