Общественная реакция в твиттере на ограничительную миграционную политику сша: анализ интертекста

Вестник Пермского университета. Серия: Политология. 2019. Т. 13. № 1. С. 47–58.

Balakina Y. V., Жуковская А.

The topicality of the research is explained by the growing popularity of social networks as a channel of political communication. Modern elements of intertextuality, such as hashtags, retweets, @ sign, ensure participation of a large number of users in the discussion of certain political topics, and allow to quickly track public's reaction to political events. Employing the methods of computer linguistics, the paper analyzes the elements of intertextuality implemented on Twitter as reaction of users of the English-language segment to the introduction of the US President Decree No. 13769, known in the media space as "travel ban". The study found that the most popular element of intertextuality is the hashtag, which is actively used by users to popularize the opinion and involve a wide range of people into discussion. In addition, thematic grouping of hashtags allowed us to identify the opposite reactions of users, and to assume that it is possible to control the route of the debate with the help of hashtags. To attract attention of the maximum number of users, hashtags must also be single-component and act as the subject, marking the topic of the message.

Keywords: миграционная политика, intertextuality, интертекстуальность, политическая коммуникация, political communication, migration policy, twitter, твиттер, электронная коммуникация, hashtag, electronic communication, хештег