Political Bots on Twitter in #Ecuador2017 Presidential Campaigns

Authors

  • Iria Puyosa Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26439/contratexto.2017.027.002

Abstract

We studied the behavior of campaign hashtags on Twitter in the second round of Ecuador 2017 presidential elections. The study analyzed 10 trending hashtags attacking opponents. The data was captured and analyzed with NodeXL, an application used to analyze social network. The analysis verifies the central role of automated accounts or botnets in the creation of hashtags. The campaign against the opposing binomial, which combined real accounts of government party activists with botnets, was more effective versus the less coordinated opposition campaign against candidate Lenin Moreno. It also verifies the use of localized botnets, mainly in Argentina and Venezuela.

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Author Biography

  • Iria Puyosa, Universidad Central de Venezuela (Venezuela)

    PhD de la Universidad de Michigan (2009). Es investigadora y consultora en comunicación política, opinión pública y estrategias de comunicación en la web. Formación de posgrado en investigación basada en encuestas (University of Michigan, 2005) y comunicación estratégica (Universidad Católica Andrés Bello, 1998). Desarrolla investigaciones sobre movimientos sociales en red, control político de información y políticas públicas para internet, usando un amplio conjunto de métodos que incluyen análisis estadístico, análisis de redes sociales,

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Published

2017-09-26

Issue

No. 027 (2017): La comunicación de gobierno: un espacio de disputa por el poder de significar

Section

Dosier: Retos de la comunicación de gobierno

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How to Cite

Puyosa, I. (2017). Political Bots on Twitter in #Ecuador2017 Presidential Campaigns. Contratexto, 27(027), 39-60. https://doi.org/10.26439/contratexto.2017.027.002