Which politicians receive abuse? Four factors illuminated in the UK general election 2019
Abstract The 2019 UK general election took place against a background of rising online hostility levels toward politicians, and concerns about the impact of this on democracy, as a record number of politicians cited the abuse they had been receiving as a reason for not standing for re-election. We p...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2020-07-01
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| Series: | EPJ Data Science |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1140/epjds/s13688-020-00236-9 |