How does polarisation spread on Twitter? A computational analysis of Matteo Salvini's Twitter rhetoric (2013-2019)

Recent studies show that polarised (or, negative emotionally-charged) social media posts lead to the public’s negative attitudes towards democratic institutions and politicians. However, thus far, scholars are yet to definitively grasp how and under what conditions such polarising rhetoric spreads (...

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Main Author: Formisano, G
Other Authors: Kosmidis, S
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2021
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