Social bots mimic and potentially manipulate humans and their behaviours in social
networks. The public sphere might be especially vulnerable to their impacts, which is why …

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 …

The contemporary high-choice media environment, characterized by information
abundance, makes it increasingly difficult for media outlets to capture audience attention …

To increase the outreach of their messages, populists and nonpopulist political actors use
populist communication strategies that stimulate users to interact with their messages on …

This study explores populism in terms of communication while distinguishing between its
ideological and stylistic dimensions. We examine the social media communication of the …

Many online user comments criticize the quality of news coverage. We conducted two
experimental studies to assess the effects of such critical comments on readers' perception …

Research has shown that social media is a particularly well suited channel for distributing
populist messages. However, the literature has yet to examine the kinds of reactions that …

Populist politicians are often associated with the successful use of social networking sites
(SNS). However, it is still unclear whether the popularity of populist posts is driven by the …

This article presents a longitudinal, structural study where party and citizen activity on
Facebook is studied over a 10-year period, outlining the growing importance of audio-visual …

Based on the attention economy theory, this study used the regression analysis method to
analyse the effect of online video information entertainment on audience attention's breadth …