Mudslinging on Twitter During the 2014 Election:

Social Media + Society

Heather K. Evans¹ 

关键词: Twitter;    Congress;    2014 election;    negativity;   

DOI  :  10.1177/2056305117704408

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Sage Journals

【 摘 要 】

Following the work of Evans, Cordova, and Sipole, we examine the way that candidates for congressional seats in 2014 used Twitter during the last 2 months of their campaign. Using a content analysis of every tweet sent by all candidates for both the US House and Senate, we show that particular individual-level and campaign-specific characteristics are related to whether and how often candidates go negative on Twitter. In particular, we show that there are differences based on competitiveness, incumbency, gender, and partisanship.

【 授权许可】

CC BY-NC