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An influencer-based approach to understanding radical right viral tweets
Laila Sprejer, Helen Margetts, Kleber Oliveira +2
Radical right influencers routinely use social media to spread highly divisive, disruptive and anti-democratic messages. Assessing and countering the challenge that such content po…
Tweeting for the Cause: Network analysis of UK petition sharing
Peter Cihon, Taha Yasseri, Scott Hale +1
Online government petitions represent a new data-rich mode of political participation. This work examines the thus far understudied dynamics of sharing petitions on social media in…
Islamophobes are not all the same! A study of far right actors on Twitter
Bertie Vidgen, Taha Yasseri, Helen Margetts
Far-right actors are often purveyors of Islamophobic hate speech online, using social media to spread divisive and prejudiced messages which can stir up intergroup tensions and con…
Does Campaigning on Social Media Make a Difference? Evidence from candidate use of Twitter during the 2015 and 2017 UK Elections
Jonathan Bright, Scott A Hale, Bharath Ganesh +3
Social media are now a routine part of political campaigns all over the world. However, studies of the impact of campaigning on social platform have thus far been limited to cross-…