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dc.contributor.advisorZhang, Yixin (Sarah)
dc.contributor.advisorSemenov, Alexander
dc.contributor.authorSalameh, Ahmad
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-18T10:35:45Z
dc.date.available2018-10-18T10:35:45Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.identifier.urihttps://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/59869
dc.description.abstractTwitter enables groups with certain agendas to organize and distribute their ideologies. This research compares the different practices performed by the extreme and the moderate Muslims to build their networks and recruit more followers. We carry out our research in the context of religious communication on Twitter. The study contains two data sets of tweets written in the Arabic language; the first one is retrieved from certain accounts that are leaning to extremism or moderation based on the generated content by the account holders, and the second one is obtained through predefined keywords related to Islam. Collected tweets and retweets were analyzed through network analysis to understand users’ networking behavior, and to examine whether polarization exists. Regression analysis showed that negative sentiment in tweets has a significant positive impact on the retweeting quantity, while interestingly; positive sentiment was not statically significant to affect retweeting. Features of hashtags, URLs, tweet length, and the number of followers have a positive effect on retweeting, whereas the number of mentioned names has a significant negative effect on retweeting. Through network and centrality measures, we found that extreme and moderate users have higher frequency of interaction within their ideological group than with the ideologically-opposed users. We also suggest, based on our findings and related research, that extreme and moderate Muslims use provocation to introduce their partisan content to ideologically opposed users.en
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dc.language.isoen
dc.subject.otherArabic tweets
dc.subject.otherextreme
dc.subject.othermoderate
dc.subject.otherMuslims
dc.subject.othersentiment
dc.subject.otherregression
dc.subject.othernetwork
dc.subject.otheranalysis
dc.subject.otherinformation diffusion
dc.titleSpreading ideologies through tweets : examining extreme and moderate Muslims usage of Twitter
dc.identifier.urnURN:NBN:fi:jyu-201810184448
dc.type.ontasotPro gradu -tutkielmafi
dc.type.ontasotMaster’s thesisen
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaInformaatioteknologian tiedekuntafi
dc.contributor.tiedekuntaFaculty of Information Technologyen
dc.contributor.laitosInformaatioteknologiafi
dc.contributor.laitosInformation Technologyen
dc.contributor.yliopistoJyväskylän yliopistofi
dc.contributor.yliopistoUniversity of Jyväskyläen
dc.contributor.oppiaineTietojärjestelmätiedefi
dc.contributor.oppiaineInformation Systems Scienceen
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dc.rights.copyrightThis publication is copyrighted. You may download, display and print it for Your own personal use. Commercial use is prohibited.en
dc.type.publicationmasterThesis
dc.contributor.oppiainekoodi601
dc.subject.ysoTwitter
dc.subject.ysoviestintä
dc.subject.ysoTwitter
dc.subject.ysocommunication
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dc.type.okmG2


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