In recent years, politicians and political parties have increasingly adopted various social
media as political communication platforms. While the research on the topic has provided …

Eliciting user reactions is an important tactic for political actors using social media like
Facebook to seek attention for campaign messages on policy issues. Still, little is known …

The increased use of social media has triggered a visual shift in digital political
communication. One central strategy is visual (self-) personalization and many studies have …

Canada's federal elections in 2019 and 2021 produced a similar outcome—a minority
Liberal government. These back-to-back elections provide an ideal context to understand …

Emojis have become ubiquitous in digital communication, but we know relatively little about
how they are used in political and campaigning contexts. To address this deficit, we analyze …

In this paper, we report on the findings of a correspondence audit study to examine the
responsiveness of political candidates on social media in relation to ethnicity. This study …

Political communication is critical for democracy, but polarized emotions in communication
may make careful deliberation difficult. Much of modern political communication occurs on …

The emergence of social networking sites offers protest movements new ways to mobilize for
action and draw attention to their issues. However, relying on social media also creates …

Political campaigning is increasingly undertaken by means of social media such as
Facebook. Indeed, having content spread on Facebook by means of users sharing the posts …

Government agencies have increasingly established their official accounts to disseminate
information and publish rumourrefuting messages (RRMs) on social media platforms …