%0 Journal Article
%T Using Social Network Analysis and Social Capital to Identify User Roles on Polarized Political Conversations on Twitter
%A Felipe Soares
%A Gabriela Zago
%A Raquel Recuero
%J Social Media + Society
%@ 2056-3051
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/2056305119848745
%X In this article, we discuss the roles users play in political conversations on Twitter. Our case study is based on data collected in three dates during the former Brazilian president Lula¡¯s corruption trial. We used a combination of social network analysis metrics and social capital to identify the users¡¯ roles during polarized discussions that took place in each of the dates analyzed. Our research identified four roles, each associated with different aspects of social capital and social network metrics: activists, news clippers, opinion leaders, and information influencers. These roles are particularly useful to understand how users¡¯ actions on political conversations may influence the structure of information flows
%K social capital
%K political conversations
%K social network analysis
%K public sphere
%K Twitter
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2056305119848745