To what extent are elements of rational-critical debate present in Twitter political networks? And to what extent are the discursive practices in these networks constitutive of a public sphere online? This research presents the different phases of a coding manual we developed to assess deliberation in Twitter political networks. To exemplify the use and value of the coding manual, we manually annotated communications (N = 3657) in the Dutch MPs’ mentions Twitter network. Our results show clear signs of positive empathy and cross-ideological interactions in the MPs’ communications, yet they also point to low levels of internal justification, reflexivity and critique. Therefore, although communications in the Dutch MPs’ mentions Twitter network exhibit important components of rational-critical debate, they cannot be considered full-fledged deliberative.

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在线协商和公共领域：编写编码手册以评估Twitter政治网络中的协商

Twitter政治网络中理性批判性辩论的内容有多大程度？这些网络中的话语实践在多大程度上构成了在线的公共领域？这项研究介绍了我们开发的用于评估Twitter政治网络审议情况的编码手册的不同阶段。为了说明编码手册的用法和价值，我们在荷兰国会议员提到的Twitter网络中手动注释了通讯（N = 3657）。我们的结果显示出国会议员沟通中积极移情和跨意识形态互动的明显迹象，但同时也表明内部辩护，反思和批评水平较低。因此，尽管荷兰国会议员提到的Twitter网络中的交流展示了理性批判性辩论的重要组成部分，