Social media data can provide new insights into political phenomena, but users do not
always represent people, posts and accounts are not typically linked to demographic …

Despite the growing body of literature on hashtag feminism in Western contexts, there is still
a significant gap in our knowledge of the ways that feminist hashtag movements are …

Prior research shows that public opinion on climate politics sorts along partisan lines.
However, they leave open the question of whether climate politics and other politically …

It is often thought that an external threat increases the internal cohesion of a nation, and thus
decreases polarization. We examine this proposition by analyzing NATO discussion …

Recent literature has underscored the power of digital activism, but few studies have
symmetrically examined its impact beyond domestic audiences and among illiberal regimes …

How can we measure the resource mobilization (RM) efforts of social movements on
Twitter? In this article, we create the first ever measure of social movements' RM efforts on a …

In this special issue, the authors theoretically, methodologically, and empirically address
challenges and opportunities associated with comparative social media analysis in political …

Social media is an important arena for policy contestation. Although online social media
debates can yield notable power over political processes offline, little research has …

Political and social scientists have been relying extensively on keywords such as hashtags
to mine social movement data from social media sites, particularly Twitter. Yet, prior work …

Social media platforms, such as Twitter, are an increasingly important source of information
and are forums for discourse within and between interest groups. Research highlights how …