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Get ready for some insights into discourse changes during electoral campaigns! In this week’s TL;DR, we’ll dive into the juiciest bits of a recent study published in the Party Politics Journal. It’s all about understanding how politicians communicate during election campaigns. So, let’s get right to the point/cut right to the chase and see what the researchers uncovered!
Researchers have for quite a long time been interested in understanding the dynamics of political communication during campaign periods. However, a comprehensive study examining differences in communication patterns between campaign and non-campaign periods needs to be improved. To shed light on this phenomenon, recent research leveraged Twitter data. It mobilised a vast dataset comprising millions of tweets posted by members of national parliaments across the European Union (EU) from February 2018 to February 2020.