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Political incivility surged across democracies, study finds

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A new study analyzing 13.8 million tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries found that severe political incivility nearly doubled between 2017 and 2022. The research, which utilized a validated large language model, indicates that populism is a significant predictor of this rise, particularly for parties in opposition. While nationalist and radical-right parties remain the most uncivil, mainstream parties are also exhibiting increasing aggression, suggesting a broader mainstreaming of incivility across the political spectrum. AI

IMPACT Highlights the use of LLMs in social science research and raises concerns about AI's potential role in analyzing and potentially exacerbating political discourse.

RANK_REASON Academic paper published on arXiv detailing research findings. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

Read on arXiv cs.CL →

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Political incivility surged across democracies, study finds

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Petter T\"ornberg, Juliana Chueri ·

    Elite political incivility is rising across democracies

    arXiv:2503.22411v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Is political incivility rising across democracies - and if so, why? Analysing approximately 13.8 million tweets from parliamentarians in 26 countries with a validated large language model, we find that the share of severe incivi…

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