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Journal of Communication· 2014Q1

Echo Chamber or Public Sphere? Predicting Political Orientation and Measuring Political Homophily in Twitter Using Big Data

Elanor Colleoni, Alessandro Rozza, Adam Arvidsson

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Twitter users exhibit political homophily, with Democrats generally showing higher levels than Republicans, though Republicans following official party accounts are more homophilous than Democrats. Homophily is also stronger in reciprocal follower relationships.

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