RT Journal Article T1 Social Services and Twitter: Analysis of Socio-Political Discourse in Spain from 2015 to 2019 A1 Chaves Montero, Alfonso AB The fundamental role of social networks in all areas of our lives and of social and politicalinteractions is also very important in this new digital environment. The study focused on the analysisof tweets related to social-service issues published on Twitter during the different electoral campaignsin Spain from 2015 to 2019. The sample is 6728 tweets generated between 2015 and 2019 on the topic“social services” for quantitative analysis. In this analysis, we use the Gephi tool to observe how thesemessages flow on Twitter. The aim was to understand the socio-political discourse of different actorson social services in order to identify priority topics and networks for active Twitter profiles. Theresults show that users use Twitter for informal communication during the election period, focusingon messages, condemnation and positive evaluation to increase their visibility and influence. PB MDPI SN 2071-1050 (electrónico) YR 2023 FD 2023-02 LK https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22227 UL https://hdl.handle.net/10272/22227 LA eng NO Chaves-Montero, A. (2023). Social Services and Twitter: Analysis of Socio-Political Discourse in Spain from 2015 to 2019. In Sustainability (Vol. 15, Issue 4, p. 3177). MDPI AG. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15043177 NO This article was funded by a FPU predoctoral contract (FPU17/01215) to the beneficiaryAlfonso Chaves-Montero of the Ministry of Science, Innovation, and Universities of the Governmentof Spain’s. Resolution of 31 August 2018 of the Secretary of State for Universities, Research, Development,and Innovation, by which grants are awarded for pre-doctoral contracts for Training andMobility within the State Programme for the Promotion of Talent and its Employability. DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva RD 14 jul 2026