The use of Twitter by politicians, parties, and the general audience in politics, particularly
during election campaigns, has become an extremely popular research field almost …

What do Beppe Grillo, Silvio Berlusconi, Emmanuel Macron (and also Donald Trump) have
in common? They are prime examples of the personalization of politics and the decline of …

TikTok, already widely used before the pandemic, boomed during the quarantine that locked
down large parts of the world, reaching 2 billion downloads and 800 million monthly active …

We investigate the effects of sentiment and issue salience on emotionally labeled responses
to posts from political actors on Facebook (ie, Reactions). We use an automated content …

Social media are said to be a core driver of populists' current success. Yet, our knowledge of
how populist politicians use social media is limited. We argue that they can use Twitter and …

This article presents a dictionary-based measurement of populist communication that
reaches citizens directly through social media in German. The studied populist messages …

Research shows that emotions matter in politics, and they matter during a public health
crisis. Yet, a comprehensive analysis of emotional political rhetoric during the COVID‐19 …

While populists are claimed to be masters of Twitter, we know surprisingly little about how
they use the medium (if at all). This study examines (1) populists' Twitter adoption and (2) …

ABSTRACT A comparative content analysis explores stylistic and contextual factors that
resonate with populist communication on social networking sites (SNSs). Advancing the …

This book examines how social media have transformed politics in established
democracies. Specifically, the authors examine the influence of the unique qualities of social …