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Politics has always been an arena for disagreement and heated arguments, and this sometimes results in insults directed at elected officials – but over the last couple of years this has become magnified following the advent of social media. Indeed,...
The internet has changed everything. We shop online, work online, and entertain ourselves online; we find jobs and partners online. It’s even changed the way we interact with our political leaders – you only have to check Twitter at around...
The surprise election result has produced a lot of early responses, which offer avenues for more detailed research. Amongst these have been suggestions that Labour activist groups made effective use of social media campaigning. Research conducted into the party’s support...
Of all the lessons learned from the election result, two in particular have the potential to re-shape future campaigns. The first is the power of social media. The second is the alleged death of the negative attack-style campaign, in favour...
It is tempting to think of social media as a great enabler of democratic participation. Online platforms lower the bar to contacting politicians; you don’t need to attend a surgery or craft an email to your MP if you know...
If we learned anything from the surprise election results of 2016, it was that disaffected voters seemed keen to ‘take back control’ from elites. But recent allegations by Carole Cadwalladr for the Observer suggest that voters may have been taking...
General election campaigns are a fertile time for social media research. In the run-up to election day, online platforms become battlegrounds, with candidates, commentators and supporters reacting to events, sharing information and vying to control the debate This political fracas...
Over the past month, CASM have worked with ITV’s Peston on Sunday program to take a look at how UK politics is being discussed on Twitter. As the two EU referendum campaigns gather momentum ahead of the 23rd June, we...
In 2015, Yvette Cooper announced the Reclaim the Internet campaign. This was in response to the abuse, often misogynistic in tone, faced by high-profile women online. However, the ubiquity of social media in society today means that this abuse, or...
