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Race and Religion in Online Abuse towards UK Politicians: Working Paper
Genevieve Gorrell, Mehmet E. Bakir, Mark A. Greenwood +2
Against a backdrop of tensions related to EU membership, we find levels of online abuse toward UK MPs reach a new high. Race and religion have become pressing topics globally, and…
Online Abuse of UK MPs from 2015 to 2019: Working Paper
Mark A. Greenwood, Mehmet E. Bakir, Genevieve Gorrell +3
We extend previous work about general election-related abuse of UK MPs with two new time periods, one in late 2018 and the other in early 2019, allowing previous observations to be…
Local Media and Geo-situated Responses to Brexit: A Quantitative Analysis of Twitter, News and Survey Data
Genevieve Gorrell, Mehmet E. Bakir, Luke Temple +5
Societal debates and political outcomes are subject to news and social media influences, which are in turn subject to commercial and other forces. Local press are in decline, creat…
Partisanship, Propaganda and Post-Truth Politics: Quantifying Impact in Online Debate
Genevieve Gorrell, Mehmet E. Bakir, Ian Roberts +3
The recent past has highlighted the influential role of social networks and online media in shaping public debate on current affairs and political issues. This paper is focused on…