Polarization and the 2016 Election: An Analysis of IRA Impacts on Politicians, Media, and the Public

• In Event: Polarization and Political Communication

Brief Overview

We characterize the communication strategies among IRA, sometimes leading and sometimes following, and we develop quantitative measures to identify words/phrases that are most indicative of each communication strategy.

Authors

• Siva K. Balasubramanian, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Mustafa Bilgic, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Aron Culotta, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Anita Nikolich, Illinois Institute of Technology

• Libby Hemphill, University of Michigan

• Matthew A. Shapiro, Illinois Institute of Technology