A new study analyzing millions of tweets and parliamentary speeches from German political elites between 2015 and 2025 reveals a shift towards intuition-based rhetoric. Researchers found that right-leaning political actors consistently used less evidence-based language. The entry of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) into parliament in 2017 correlated with a significant decrease in evidence-based communication across the broader political chamber, with a similar but more gradual decline observed on Twitter. AI
IMPACT This research highlights how AI tools can be used to analyze political discourse and track shifts in rhetoric, potentially informing strategies to combat misinformation.
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