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The Facebook followers of the leader and party pages of the UK (2010 to 2021)
The Facebook followers of leader and party pages of UK political parties from 2010 to 2021. Post Corbyn, the Tories are now dominating, while some such…
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Tristan Hotham

November 2020

Innovation via desperation – Twitter Fleets
Twitter Fleets are not necessary, nobody on the network was calling for them, and their implementation shows that Twitter has more interest in following…
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Tristan Hotham
A few early thoughts on the 2020 US election vs the 2019 UK general election
It's over, and now we can begin to make sense of what occurred, with Biden now awaiting his position, I take a quick look at what went on during the…
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Tristan Hotham
Two trains slowing to a crawl? Biden and Trump's Facebook pages - a roundup
Summary Trump has won in the head to head battle between his personal Facebook page and Biden's across all engagement metrics. This is seen across total…
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Tristan Hotham

October 2020

Social media and politics research
Welcome to my social media newsletter. My name is Tristan Hotham (@tristanhotham), I am a researcher of social media & politics, organic campaigning …
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Tristan Hotham
Where are Trump and Biden's Facebook followers located?
Followers are very important for online election campaigns, they are the virtual members that drive wider engagement with online content. The potential…
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Tristan Hotham
Biden's organic Facebook campaign is behind Clinton's, while Trump is surpassing his 2016 performance
Analysing 4450 posts from equal campaign periods before the 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections, the data shows that Biden is trailing Clinton’s…
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Tristan Hotham

July 2020

100 days to the election - Trump v. Biden: The last 30 days on Facebook
It is 100 days to the US 2020 Elections. Over the next few months millions of dollars will be spent on the parties' digital campaigns. Much of this will…
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Tristan Hotham

June 2020

How do we fight fake news and misinformation? Research Access!
The content you see below was taken as evidence for the House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee (@HLDemoDigital) evidence for their…
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Tristan Hotham
Virtual Members?
The content you see below was taken as evidence for the House of Lords Democracy and Digital Technologies Committee (@HLDemoDigital) evidence for their…
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Tristan Hotham
Labour's patriotism returns?
Today the Labour Party pivoted 180 degrees from the Corbyn era's more cautious arms length approach to the armed forces. Labour today actively…
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Tristan Hotham
I was on Sky News talking with Colin Brazier about Facebook
I was asked on to talk about Facebook's new Voter Information Center and where the line should be drawn on dangerous content…
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Tristan Hotham
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