Abstract
The Twittersphere is a digital spatiality wherein different layers of digital attributes come together to shape a monotonous mediated atmosphere in the form of tweets and retweets . The Twittersphere functions through four attributes (namely tweet, retweet, like, and direct messages), and each have their own specific domain of work to reflect the construction of political reality.
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Notes
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Tweet is a kind of message (tweet) in shape of small sentences when an individual supposed to post on his/her twitter handle under the word limit of 140 words.
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Retweet is a kind of message when an individual supposed to forwarding the same message without changing the content in his/her twitter handle.
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Like is a another option when an individual supposed to like the message (tweet) when he/she went through in his/her twitter handle. Since the message (tweet/retweets) were liked and therefore, as result, its circulation enhanced and which can also viewed/read the message (tweet) who are even not in the friend lists of the person who first post the message.
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Direct message provides an option to make private discussion/conversation which will remain in between two individuals unless and until others being involved in the message (tweet).
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For details, see report; http://www.iamai.in.
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Gainous and Wagner (2014, p. 4).
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Modern media constitutes the development of TV and social media when processing, dissemination, and retrieval of information become easy job.
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Ibid: 4.
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For detail, see http://www.thepoliticalindian.com/top-indian-Twitter-politicians/ (last accessed March 20, 2016).
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It is to determine automatically the opinion expressed in a tweet with respect to whom it was sent. It has three components; (i) topic-based information, viz. Arab Spring, Lokpal in India, (ii) subjective classification, and (iii) the subjective classification is whether positive or negative. For detail, see Kumar et al. (2015, pp. 52–74).
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It mainly concerned the use of digital gadgets for political purposes that how and why politicians using such gadgets and for what purposes? How it became political synonymous over period of time and politicians irrespective of political affiliations are using to shapes the idea whether policy or politics .
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Moinuddin, S. (2019). Twittersphere: A Digital Spatiality. In: The Political Twittersphere in India. Springer Geography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-11602-6_1
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