POLITICAL TOPOGRAPHY OF THE INTERNET. NETWORK ANALYSIS
OF THE ACTIVITIES OF POLISH POLITICAL PARTIES
DURING THE 2011 PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN
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absolwentka Uniwersytetu Kardynała
Stefana Wyszyńskiego w Warszawie
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w Zakładzie Socjologii i Psychologii Polityki Instytutu Nauk Politycznych Uniwersytetu
Warszawskiego
Publication date: 2020-01-23
Studia Politologiczne 2012;26
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ABSTRACT
In this article original topography research model of Polish political parties’
websites was constructed and applied. The study was conducted using the tools
characteristic for the network analysis: methods of identifying thematically and
logically connected collections of web pages, quantitative methods, and methods
of descriptive statistics. Systematically examined were the following areas:
1) external topography of Polish political parties’ websites (the number of links, the
configuration and type of links) 2) internal topography of Polish political parties’
domains (number, type, centrality and density of connections) 3) dynamics of
content changes (internal and external links). The study was carried out with
the use of dedicated program (so called web spider) to ensure systematic and
standardized data collection – INPSpider.