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Study: One-third of trending German tweets use antagonizing rhetoric

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A new study analyzing over 17 million tweets from trending topics on German Twitter/X has found that approximately one-third of these tweets contain antagonizing rhetoric. The research indicates that trending topics are significantly more prone to this type of divisive language compared to general Twitter communication. The study also revealed that right-leaning users employ antagonizing rhetoric more frequently than left-leaning users, and that both forms of oppositional rhetoric are amplified within political camps. AI

RANK_REASON Academic paper analyzing rhetoric on a social media platform. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Study: One-third of trending German tweets use antagonizing rhetoric

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  1. arXiv cs.CL TIER_1 English(EN) · Armin Pournaki, Eckehard Olbrich ·

    High prevalence of antagonizing rhetoric in trending topics on Twitter/X

    arXiv:2610.22455v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Disagreement between political opponents is a central element of democracy. This disagreement can be voiced in different ways. An opponent can be antagonized, i.e. portrayed as an enemy that needs to be overcome, or they can be cr…

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