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The Italian Parliament and the social media in ...

The Italian Parliament and the social media in 2011

In which way the italian parliament members are using the social media? Some result from a research done in 2011 and published in 2012 (Bentivegna, S., ed., Parlamento 2.0, Franco Angeli publisher, Milan)

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  1. The Italian Parliament and the World Wide Web. Digital Communication

    Strategies in 2011 Davide Bennato University of Catania
  2. Summary Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • Political background • Social media in Italy • Italian Parliament: demographic data • Internet & Social Media in the Parliament • Focus: Strategy in videosharing
  3. The Italian Political Parties Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament

    and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • An uncommon bipartitism • Right wing  Popolo della Libertà (PDL), Lega Nord, Futuro e Libertà, Gruppi misti • Left wing  Partito democratico (PD), Italia dei Valori (IDV), • Catholic side  Unione di Centro (UDC)
  4. The Italian Voting System Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament

    and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Italian electoral system  Majority prize, 8% threshold, block voting system  Parties choose candidates, people choose which party to vote • Porcata Roberto Calderoli (Pig’s dinner) or Porcellum
  5. Internet audience Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Growing interests in internet • Important part of media consumption • Early Majority phase
  6. Blog Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • Blog: 1.7 Million • Organized in cluster (common topic or mutual relationship) • People: 30-45, middle-nord
  7. Twitter Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU More recent estimation 1.3M
  8. Sex Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • Male/female: 4/1
  9. Age curve Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Mean: 55,70 • Standard deviation: 10,029
  10. Electoral mandate of italian parliamentarians Davide Bennato | The Italian

    Parlament and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • First mandate prevail • More than 3 mandate: 34.5%
  11. Traditional website Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Never used, declining
  12. Blogs Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • Interesting, but too much work
  13. Facebook Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • A must have to be cool
  14. Parliamentarians using Youtube Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and

    the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • N= 951 • N (Youtube)=127
  15. Political Party of Parliamentarians on Youtube Davide Bennato | The

    Italian Parlament and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Major parties: no significative differences • Minor parties: some are more active than others
  16. Year of Youtube subscription Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament

    and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • During the 2008 Italian Political Elections • 2006: Antonio Di Pietro (IDV) • Very similar to the Rogers S Curve Innovation adoptions • Contagion effect (maybe?)
  17. Channel visualizations Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • How many users follows Parliamentarians video activity? • Channell metrics
  18. Channell subscribers Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Subscribers: they receive automatic update from the channell • Similar to the friending strategy in Facebook • Strong tied with channell user reputation
  19. Uploaded videos Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the

    WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Activity channell indicators • Numbers depends from the year of channell subscription • No video upload: anti-cybersquatting strategy (?)
  20. Comments Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW

    02/11/111 @ MSU • Unusual practice in Youtube • The more controversial the video is, the most in generates comments
  21. Conclusion • Few parlamentarians use Youtube • Television communication strategy

    is prevailing • The channel is just a television archive • No use of socio-technological rules • The Parlamentarian should take Youtube seriously • What is Youtube? A platform looking for a chance Davide Bennato | The Italian Parlament and the WWW 02/11/111 @ MSU • Few parlamentarians use Youtube • Television communication strategy is prevailing • The channel is just a television archive • No use of socio-technological rules • The Parlamentarian should take Youtube seriously • What is Youtube? A platform looking for a chance
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