论文标题
封闭的等级：社交媒体上军事支持的话语价值
Closed Ranks: The Discursive Value of Military Support for Indian Politicians on Social Media
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论文摘要
有影响力的人在通过信息创建和扩散全球南方的信息来塑造公众叙事方面发挥了至关重要的作用。尽管已经研究了各行各业的公众人物及其对公共话语的影响，但作为政治话语的影响者的国防退伍军人在很大程度上被忽略了。退伍军人在公共场合中至关重要，这是一个规范上重要的政治大厅。他们也很有趣，因为与现役军官不同，他们不受公开支持政治方面的限制，因此他们的职位可能会为仍在服务的人们提供一个窗口。在这项工作中，我们系统地分析了在与防御相关问题上发布的自称与防御相关帐户和政治家帐户的Twitter上的参与。我们发现，自称与防御相关的帐户与印度现任执政党不成比例。我们发现，政客通过与与防御有关的影响者的交战来促进他们与国防服务和民族主义资格的亲密关系。我们简要考虑这些模式和联系的制度含义
Influencers play a crucial role in shaping public narratives through information creation and diffusion in the Global South. While public figures from various walks of life and their impact on public discourse have been studied, defence veterans as influencers of the political discourse have been largely overlooked. Veterans matter in the public spehere as a normatively important political lobby. They are also interesting because, unlike active-duty military officers, they are not restricted from taking public sides on politics, so their posts may provide a window into the views of those still in the service. In this work, we systematically analyze the engagement on Twitter of self-described defence-related accounts and politician accounts that post on defence-related issues. We find that self-described defence-related accounts disproportionately engage with the current ruling party in India. We find that politicians promote their closeness to the defence services and nationalist credentials through engagements with defence-related influencers. We briefly consider the institutional implications of these patterns and connections
