As the 2022 campaign draws to a close, here’s how federal, state and local candidates have used Twitter
One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
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One-in-five federal, state and local candidate tweets in 2022 have mentioned race, abortion, education or the economy.
Here are five facts about political content on Twitter, such as the content and nature of these posts.
In recent years, several new options have emerged in the social media universe, many of which explicitly present themselves as alternatives to more established social media platforms. Free speech ideals and heated political themes prevail on these sites, which draw praise from their users and skepticism from other Americans.
Voting members of the 116th Congress collectively produced more than 2.2 million tweets and Facebook posts in 2019 and 2020.
Videos from independent news producers are more likely to cover subjects negatively and discuss conspiracy theories.
More than half of all tweets sent by members of the U.S. Congress between March 11 and 21 were related to the coronavirus outbreak.
Photos that exclusively show men make up the majority of photos that show people; representational differences persist across topics
An analysis of Youtube videos suggested by the site’s recommendation engine finds that users are directed toward progressively longer and more popular content
An estimated two-thirds of tweeted links to popular websites are posted by automated accounts – not human beings.
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