Analysing posts on Facebook and Twitter-X, Andrea Ceron, Silvia Decadri, and Fedra Negri highlight how Italian politicians use populist rhetoric to generate engagement. They find that such rhetoric does indeed increase the likelihood of posts going viral, even among non-populist voters
Postdoctoral Researcher and Adjunct Professor in Political Science, Department of Social and Political Science, University of Milan-LaStatale
Silvia’s research interests include political communication, legislative behaviour, natural language processing and automated text analysis.
Her work has appeared in Electoral Studies, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, and Politics & Gender.
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