The proliferation of digital data has opened the door for a 21st-century social science that
explores human relationships on an unprecedented scale. A particular area of interest is that …

This article introduces the Twitter Parliamentarian Database (TPD), a multi-source and
manually validated database of parliamentarians on Twitter. The TPD includes …

This broad-ranging text examines the political dynamic of the European Parliament (EP),
showing how the EP is a key component of the political system of the EU. It looks at how …

Social media are an important source of information about the political issues, reflecting, as
well as influencing, public mood. We present an analysis of Twitter data, collected over 6 …

В статье рассматриваются методологические особенности применения сетевого
подхода в законодательных исследованиях, предлагается обзор новых перспективных …

Social networks are playing a vibrant role in spreading information among its users. With the
ongoing boom in technology, social networks are becoming very popular nowadays and are …

In the recent era, new information technologies have a significant impact on social networks.
Initial integration of information and communication technologies (ICT) into city operations …

We address a challenging problem of identifying main sources of hate speech on Twitter. On
one hand, we carefully annotate a large set of tweets for hate speech, and deploy advanced …

Communities in social networks often reflect close social ties between their members and
their evolution through time. We propose an approach that tracks two aspects of community …

Inter-personal affiliations and coalitions are an important part of politicians' behaviour, but
are often difficult to observe. Since an increasing amount of political communication now …