Lobbyists in Brussels - the social network
| Lobbyists in Brussels is a social network analysis showing lobbyists and the European Commission | ||
| Home page | http://www.politico.eu/interactive/lobbyists-brussels-social-network-meetings-commission-strategy/ | |
| Approach | For Lobbyist in Brussels, FASResearch employed social network analysis techniques to understand the lobbying system in place in Brussels and how it interacts with the commissionners, cabinet members and general directors. You can browse through the data by checking a name or a topic and see who is pulling the strings. | |
| Phase | Released | |
| Tags | Europe, lobbying, Politico, datajournalism, social network analysis, and Brussels | |
| Partners | FAS Research | |
| Project Start Date | 2015 |
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| Launch Date | 2015 |
| Most Recent Update | 2015 |
| Thematic Focus | Lobbying |
| Issue addressed | Traceability |
| Geographic Focus | Europe |
Experience
How does a user interact with and navigate the project?
| Query | true |
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| Network Visualisation | true |
Description
Summary of the project and its approach
| A social network analysis of lobby organizations and commissioners, cabinet members and directors-general that have met at least twice between December and July. Lobbyists who appear in a star structure were invited to several meetings as a group. Commission officials and organizations at the center of the network were in touch with a wider network of policy-makers and influencers. | |
| Approach (How?) | For Lobbyist in Brussels, FASResearch employed social network analysis techniques to understand the lobbying system in place in Brussels and how it interacts with the commissionners, cabinet members and general directors. You can browse through the data by checking a name or a topic and see who is pulling the strings. |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Politico |
Impact
Indicators of reach and impact of the project.
Target Audience : Online Audience Reached : Large Network Twitter : ( followers) Publisher's Twitter Followers : 1.3M Online Rank : Google: n.a. Alexa: 0 OSE Domain Authority Rank: 72/100 Marketing Grader Rank: 47/100 () Online Rank (Publisher) : Google: Alexa: News Source : Some Offline Audience Reached : International Outcome : Last updated : 7/12/2015 Attempts against the project : /Technology
What tools and code were used to create the project?
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Team size and expertise
Team Size : Small Team Experience : Research : Dedicated Data Science : Outsourced Engineering : Dedicated Design : OutsourcedProject Methodology
What strategies were in place for managing the project?
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Practices
How projects handle different aspects of data management
Data Modeling : Relational Ethical Collection : Ethical Storage : Data Collection : Trained Collectors Data Collection : Data Verification : Corroborated Data Cleaning : Data Analysis : Graph Data Description : Data Licensing : Restricted Ethical Publishing : Signed project Ethical Publishing : Data Publishing Mode : Scrapable