Purpose

The purpose of the paper is to analyse the interactions of bridging users in Twitter discussions about vaccination.

Design/methodology/approach

Conversational threads were collected through filtering the Twitter stream using keywords and the most active participants in the conversations. Following data collection and anonymisation of tweets and user profiles, a retweet network was created to find users bridging the main clusters. Four conversations were selected, ranging from 456 to 1,983 tweets long, and then analysed through content analysis.

Findings

Although different opinions met in the discussions, a consensus was rarely built. Many sub-threads involved insults and criticism, and participants seemed not interested in shifting their positions. However, examples of reasoned discussions were also found.

Originality/value

The study analyses conversations on Twitter, which is rarely studied. The focus on the interactions of bridging users adds to the uniqueness of the paper.

中文翻译：

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弥合两极化的Twitter讨论：中间用户之间的互动

目的

本文的目的是在Twitter有关疫苗接种的讨论中分析桥接用户的互动。

设计/方法/方法

通过使用关键字和对话中最活跃的参与者过滤Twitter流来收集对话线程。在数据收集以及推文和用户个人资料的匿名化之后，创建了一个推文网络，以查找桥接主集群的用户。选择了4个会话，长度从456到1,983条推文，然后通过内容分析进行了分析。

发现

尽管在讨论中遇到了不同的意见，但很少达成共识。许多子话题涉及侮辱和批评，与会人员似乎对转变立场不感兴趣。但是，也找到了进行理性讨论的例子。

创意/价值

该研究分析了Twitter上的对话，这很少被研究。对桥接用户交互的关注增加了本文的独特性。