short readAug 24, 2020 Rising share of lawmakers – but few Republicans – are using the term Latinx on social media One-quarter of United States lawmakers mentioned the term on Facebook or Twitter during the 116th Congress.
short readAug 4, 2020 Outside U.S., Floyd’s killing and protests sparked discussion on legislators’ Twitter accounts Many legislators in four English-speaking countries directly addressed George Floyd’s killing and the subsequent protests on Twitter.
short readJul 16, 2020 Posts mentioning ‘Black lives matter’ spiked on lawmakers’ social media accounts after George Floyd killing 236 members (45%) of the 116th Congress have mentioned “Black lives matter” on Facebook or Twitter dating back as far as Jan. 1, 2015.
short readJun 10, 2020 #BlackLivesMatter surges on Twitter after George Floyd’s death #BlackLivesMatter was used roughly 47.8 million times on Twitter – an average of just under 3.7 million times per day – from May 26 to June 7.
short readMay 29, 2020 Fast facts about Americans’ views of social media companies as Trump-Twitter dispute grows Amid the back-and-forth between Twitter and President Trump, here are facts about Americans’ attitudes toward social media companies.
reportMay 18, 2020 For Global Legislators on Twitter, an Engaged Minority Creates Outsize Share of Content Although most national officials use the platform, their posts receive only a small number of likes and retweets.
short readApr 2, 2020 Tweets by members of Congress tell the story of an escalating COVID-19 crisis 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.
short readJul 15, 2019 About one-in-five adult Twitter users in the U.S. follow Trump Republican and Republican-leaning adult Twitter users are more likely than Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents to follow Trump.
short readJun 20, 2019 During Trump visit, UK legislators tweeted critically of potential trade deal with U.S. United Kingdom legislators in the House of Lords and House of Commons tweeted more critical content of Trump’s recent visit to the nation.
short readApr 24, 2019 Key takeaways from our new study of how Americans use Twitter Our first study of Twitter behavior based on a representative sample of U.S. adult users explores Americans’ use of the platform.