The Effect of Issue Content and Negativity on Elite Message Diffusion on Social Media

• In Event: Media and Politics 2

Brief Overview

We analyze approximately 1.5 million Tweets from members of Congress using Natural Language Processing, determining the issues/policies discussed in them to assess the factors that shape why some political messages spread more than others.

Authors

• Rachel Clyburn, Clemson University

• Nicholas I Deas, Clemson University

• Cierra Rubylee Oliveira, Clemson University

• Spencer A Shellnutt, Clemson University