How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter

This article studies how politicians react to feedback from citizens on social media. We use a reinforcementlearning framework to model how politicians respond to citizens’ positive feedback by increasing attention to better received issues and allow feedback to vary depending on politicians’ gender...

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Autores: Schöll, Nikolas, Gallego Dobón, Aina, Mens, Gaël le
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Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Palabra clave:Opinió pública
Xarxes socials
Estudis de gènere
Public opinion
Social networks
Gender studies
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spelling How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on TwitterSchöll, NikolasGallego Dobón, AinaMens, Gaël leOpinió públicaXarxes socialsEstudis de gènerePublic opinionSocial networksGender studiesThis article studies how politicians react to feedback from citizens on social media. We use a reinforcementlearning framework to model how politicians respond to citizens’ positive feedback by increasing attention to better received issues and allow feedback to vary depending on politicians’ gender. To test the model, we collect 1.5 million tweets published by Spanish MPs over 3 years, identify gender-issue tweets using a deep-learning algorithm (BERT) and measure feedback using retweets and likes. We find that citizens provide more positive feedback to female politicians for writing about gender, and that this contributes to their specialization in gender issues. The analysis of mechanisms suggests that female politicians receive more positive feedback because they are treated differently by citizens. To conclude, we discuss implications for representation, misperceptions, and polarization.Wiley2025202520222025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion18 p.application/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2445/221351Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència Política, Dret Constitucional i Filosofia del Dret)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésReproducció del document publicat a: doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12772American Journal of Political Science, 2022, vol. 68, num.2, p. 557-574https://doi.org/10.1111/ajps.12772cc-by (c) Schöll, N. et al., 2022http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2445/2213512026-05-29T05:05:01Z
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title How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
spellingShingle How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
Schöll, Nikolas
Opinió pública
Xarxes socials
Estudis de gènere
Public opinion
Social networks
Gender studies
title_short How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
title_full How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
title_fullStr How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
title_full_unstemmed How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
title_sort How politicians learn from citizens' feedback: The case of gender on Twitter
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Schöll, Nikolas
Gallego Dobón, Aina
Mens, Gaël le
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Gallego Dobón, Aina
Mens, Gaël le
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Mens, Gaël le
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Opinió pública
Xarxes socials
Estudis de gènere
Public opinion
Social networks
Gender studies
topic Opinió pública
Xarxes socials
Estudis de gènere
Public opinion
Social networks
Gender studies
description This article studies how politicians react to feedback from citizens on social media. We use a reinforcementlearning framework to model how politicians respond to citizens’ positive feedback by increasing attention to better received issues and allow feedback to vary depending on politicians’ gender. To test the model, we collect 1.5 million tweets published by Spanish MPs over 3 years, identify gender-issue tweets using a deep-learning algorithm (BERT) and measure feedback using retweets and likes. We find that citizens provide more positive feedback to female politicians for writing about gender, and that this contributes to their specialization in gender issues. The analysis of mechanisms suggests that female politicians receive more positive feedback because they are treated differently by citizens. To conclude, we discuss implications for representation, misperceptions, and polarization.
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