Getting Blogged Down: Tracing Illiberal Political Thought Through Blogs Using Text Analysis

• In Event: Political Rhetoric and the Crisis of Democracy

Brief Overview

Using text data gathered from prominent political blogs from 2007 to 2016, we conduct text analysis in order to trace illiberal political thought key terms and sentiment from these blogs to more mainstream media and political figures.

Authors

• Galen Michael Sheely, University of Virginia

• Sam Koreman, University of Virginia

• Lauren Van De Hey, University of Virginia