Thoughts and Prayers: An Analysis of How Members of Congress Use Religious Language on Twitter

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Brief Overview

Using 1.5 million tweets scraped from members of Congress in April of 2018, this article analyzes the use of religious language on Twitter by Members of the U.S. Congress.

Authors

• Brittany Houtz Bramlett, University of Georgia

• Ryan P. Burge, Eastern Illinois University