When a politician uses emotionality on social media to engage with his or her constituents, two things happen. One is that the politician sees an increase in engagement with individual constituents and then at scale. The second outcome is that the politician may actually expand his or her following.
Study finds emotional tweets by politicians don’t always win followers and can backfire with diverse audiences
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