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When election winners are announced, their Twitter supporters respond quicker, are more engaged and use less toxic language than supporters of the losing candidate, according to analysis in the US, UK, Brazil and Argentina

03.01.23 | PLOS

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Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media
Engagement during the 2019 UK general election. Credit: Calvo et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

When election winners are announced, their Twitter supporters respond quicker, are more engaged and use less toxic language than supporters of the losing candidate, according to analysis in the US, UK, Brazil and Argentina

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Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281475

Article Title: Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media

Author Countries: USA, Argentina

Funding: The authors received no specific funding for this work.

PLOS ONE

10.1371/journal.pone.0281475

Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media

1-Mar-2023

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media
Toxicity during the 2019 UK general election. Credit: Calvo et al., 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

Keywords

Elections Political Science Social Media Social Research Social Sciences

Article Information

Journal
PLOS ONE
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0281475
Article Publication Date
2023-03-01
Article Title
Winning! Election returns and engagement in social media
COI Statement
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Contact Information

Hanna Abdallah
PLOS
onepress@plos.org

How to Cite This Article

APA:
PLOS. (2023, March 1). When election winners are announced, their Twitter supporters respond quicker, are more engaged and use less toxic language than supporters of the losing candidate, according to analysis in the US, UK, Brazil and Argentina. Brightsurf News. https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRZDYW8/when-election-winners-are-announced-their-twitter-supporters-respond-quicker-are-more-engaged-and-use-less-toxic-language-than-supporters-of-the-losing-candidate-according-to-analysis-in-the-us-uk-bra.html
MLA:
"When election winners are announced, their Twitter supporters respond quicker, are more engaged and use less toxic language than supporters of the losing candidate, according to analysis in the US, UK, Brazil and Argentina." Brightsurf News, Mar. 1 2023, https://www.brightsurf.com/news/1GRZDYW8/when-election-winners-are-announced-their-twitter-supporters-respond-quicker-are-more-engaged-and-use-less-toxic-language-than-supporters-of-the-losing-candidate-according-to-analysis-in-the-us-uk-bra.html.