Brexit tweets suggest nationalism and austerity - rather than populism - motivated voters

Bastos, Marco and Mercea, Dan (2018) Brexit tweets suggest nationalism and austerity - rather than populism - motivated voters. LSE Brexit (13 Sep 2018). Website.

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Abstract

What do tweets posted in the run-up to the EU referendum reveal about the motivations for the vote? Marco Bastos and Dan Mercea (City, University of London) found that nationalist and economic concerns dominated people's concerns, but populist sentiments were less apparent. As the referendum got closer, there was an upsurge in globalist tweets.

Item Type:	Online resource (Website)
Official URL:	http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/brexit/2018/09/13/brexit-tw...
Additional Information:	© 2018 The Authors; Online
Divisions:	European Institute Government School of Public Policy ?? SCPP ??
Subjects:	J Political Science > JA Political science (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JN Political institutions (Europe) > JN101 Great Britain
Sets:	Departments > European Institute Departments > Government Research centres and groups > Institute of Public Affairs Collections > LSE Brexit
Date Deposited:	09 Jan 2019 16:19
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2020 23:29
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/91622

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