The use of social media within modern political activities is a new phenomenon that
reshapes election races and the way in which politicians communicate with voters. During …

Social media platforms are the latest manifestation in a series of sociotechnical innovations
designed to enhance civic engagement, political participation, and global activism. While …

Online social media platforms such as Twitter and Facebook offer a flexible and effective
means of communication on a large scale leading to a vast amount of diverse datasets. This …

The use of social media (SM) in modern political activities has reshaped how politicians run
electoral campaigns. This study aims to improve the understanding of online campaigns and …

In this paper, we present a study on the emotions conveyed in bot-generated Twitter
messages as compared to emotions conveyed in human-generated messages. Social bots …

Social bots are software programs that automatically produce messages and interact with
human users on social media platforms. In this paper, we provide an analysis of the emotion …

Digital social networks and social media have created increased attention and have become
important in the political life of a country. Politicians, media and citizens are visible online …

Mathematics teachers are using Twitter as a backchannel at conferences. Understanding
whether teachers are using Twitter differently at traditional conferences like the National …

Not all aspects of a campaign are issue-oriented, nor are many voters. A candidate builds
mass support largely by appearing warm, friendly, and likable, not only by propagating their …

Over the past years, Brazil has gone through movements of erosion of trust, and political
scandals made room for new presidential candidates to arise, many fueled by a liberal …