Covid-19 and twitter: abuse towards mps decreased during the lockdown, but that’s only part of the story
Gorrell, G.
(9 July 2020)
Covid-19 and twitter: abuse towards mps decreased during the lockdown, but that’s only part of the story.
British Politics and Policy at LSE.
Genevieve Gorrell discusses the impact of COVID-19 on the verbal abuse politicians receive on Twitter. She finds that while this kind of abuse appeared to reduce in conjunction with the pandemic, the number of tweets refuting the existence of the virus were numerically significant, as were tweets attacking China.
| Item Type | Blog post |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2020 The Author(s) |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 13 Aug 2020 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/106040 |