Book Brexit, Tweeted: Polarization and Social Media Manipulation

Product code: 20537142

Book Brexit, Tweeted: Polarization and Social Media Manipulation

Product code: 20537142
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Dissecting 45 million tweets from the period that followed the Brexit referendum, this book presents an extensive analysis of social media manipulation. The book examines emerging changes in partisan politics, nationalist and populist values, as well as broader societal changes that are feeding into polarization and echo-chamber communication. It pulls the curtain back on the techniques employed to interfere with, and potentially distort, the public discussion. Making complex data accessible to non-technical audiences, this unique post-mortem of the Brexit referendum contributes to our understanding of social media disinformation in the UK and beyond.Dissecting 45 million tweets posted by 265,000 users in the five years that followed the Brexit referendum, this book presents an extensive and nuanced analysis of social media manipulation and Brexit. Analysing broader societal changes feeding into polarization and echo-chamber communication, it provides a unique contribution to our understanding of social media disinformation in the UK and beyond.

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