Egyptian Opinion Leaders Tweets on Democracy. Tweets Frame Analysis

      Аннотация: Since the Egyptian revolution in January 25th 2011, there was a rise in the political discussion among Egyptian Opinion Leaders. Almost all of them shared views about democracy and politics in their daily life activities. Few studies have examined opinion leaders’ tweets framing. To fill this gap, this study seeks to identify which frames are most commonly used in discussing democracy from opinion leaders view. As they were divided into three groups, first Former presidential candidates, Second Islamist leaders, third Political analysts. The aim of this study was to investigate the dominant frame, and compare which frames each group used. How is democracy portrayed in opinion leaders tweets?

Ключевые слова: Opinion Leaders, Tweets, frame analysis, Democracy, Egyptian Revolution