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Vindication, Virtue and Vitriol: A study of online engagement and abuse toward British MPs during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Tracie Farrell, Genevieve Gorrell, Kalina Bontcheva
COVID-19 has given rise to malicious content online, including online abuse and hate toward British MPs. In order to understand and contextualise the level of abuse MPs receive, we…
MP Twitter Abuse in the Age of COVID-19: White Paper
Genevieve Gorrell, Tracie Farrell, Kalina Bontcheva
As COVID-19 sweeps the globe, outcomes depend on effective relationships between the public and decision-makers. In the UK there were uncivil tweets to MPs about perceived UK tardi…
Online Abuse toward Candidates during the UK General Election 2019: Working Paper
Genevieve Gorrell, Mehmet E Bakir, Ian Roberts +2
The 2019 UK general election took place against a background of rising online hostility levels toward politicians and concerns about its impact on democracy. We collected 4.2 milli…