Infoscape Lab Lecture Series - Patrícia Dias da Silva on 'Political discussion on YouTube'

The Infoscape Research Lab is pleased to welcome a lecture by

Patrícia Dias da Silva, ICS, University of Lisbon/ LabCMO, UQAM.
'Political discussion on YouTube: exploratory research on EUTube and News & Politics'

Governmental online communication strategies have been adapted in an attempt to profit from the “YouTube effect”: politicians and institutions are logging in to share information and to engage citizens. One of such cases is the launch of the EUTube channel. In this talk I will describe its role in communicating Europe through the analysis of the videos posted, focusing mainly on topics addressed and genres used, as well as on comments made by channel viewers. Since political discussion is not restricted to official channels, I will then present a few preliminary findings concerning the most commented and the most responded videos in the News & Politics category in YouTube.