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Approaches  for  valida&ng  automa&c  Analy&c  Tool  Results  on  Social  Networking  Data  for  its  

Exploita9on  within  Poli9cians'  everyday  Workflow  

CONTACT:  Timo  Wandhoefer  (9mo.wandhoefer@gesis.org)    

-  EU  research  project:            www.wegov-­‐project.eu    -  Enriching  the  dialogue  of  ci1zens  and  

poli1cs  on  the  web  –  build-­‐up  on  Social  Networking  Sites  instead  of  launching  a  new  ePar1cipa1on  pla=orm  

-  7th  framework  programme  theme  ICT  2009.7.3  ICT  for  Governance  and  Policy  Modeling  

-  Consor9um:  

WeGov  –  Where  eGovernment  meets  the  eSociety  

Research  Ques9ons  -  What  is  the  relevance  of  

automa9c  analy9c  tool  results?  -  How  many  documents  needed?  -  Can  automa9c  analy9c  tools  

replace  or  expand  presswork?  -  Can  results  be  used  for  e-­‐

par9cipa9on?  

Approach  -  Presswork  [B]  is  “gold  standard”  -  Maximize  the  data  base  [C]  -  Comparing  [A]  vs.  [B]  -  Different  geographical  layers:  

Germany,  ci9es,  cons9tuencies  

[B]  presswork  

Method  -  Content  analysis:  planning  –  

development  –  evalua9on  phase  -  Feedback  group  -  Poli9cians:  Parliamentary  offices  

Data  -  Documents:  topics,  profiles,  

comments  -  Linguis9c  corpora:  Facebook  

groups,  Twiger,  blogs,  online  newspaper  

Results?  -  What  is  the  different  [A]  vs.  [B]?  

[A]  automa9c  analysis  

[C]