Abstract

International organizations and their secretariats, called international public administrations (IPAs), have been found to hold considerable authority in world politics. This study conceptualizes and measures IPA authority in the digital sphere. It proposes the concept of digital authority to measure the authority of actors in online social networks (OSN), such as Twitter. Applying exponential random graph models (ERGMs) based on Twitter data during climate change negotiations the article compares the authority of IPAs to that of other actors. The findings show that IPAs are attributed as much authority as state actors in global climate communication networks on Twitter.

摘要

国际组织及其秘书处，称为国际公共行政机构 (IPA)，已被发现在世界政治中拥有相当大的权威。本研究概念化并衡量了 IPA 在数字领域的权威性。它提出了数字权威的概念来衡量在线社交网络（OSN）中参与者的权威，例如 Twitter。在气候变化谈判期间应用基于 Twitter 数据的指数随机图模型 (ERGM)，本文将 IPA 的权威与其他参与者的权威进行了比较。调查结果表明，IPA 在 Twitter 上的全球气候通信网络中被赋予与国家行为者同等的权威。