The Greek wiretapping scandal on Twitter: The course of the conversation, polarization and the role of the media

imedd and datalab research work on twitter conversation regarding the wiretapping scandal

The journalistic revelations about the Greek wiretapping scandal have intensified user engagement in the digital conversation. About 70% of the relevant tweets are posted by accounts that tend to mostly follow parties and members of the political Left than the Right. In any case, this conversation continues to polarize the two groups.

iMEdD Lab and Datalab present a research collaboration analyzing the course of the conversation about the wiretapping scandal on Twitter over the last nine months.

You can read the full article here, while the methodology article is available here.

For more analysis and ongoing coverage of the topic, visit Datalab’s web app for twitter monitoring.