Charges of hypocrisy are a feature of public life: government actions contradict their own commitments; private failings of public figures are exposed in the media. However, declining trust in politicians has coincided with the rise of populists vowing to sweep away “elite” corruption – to… read more
Though criticized for attracting bigots and haters, ‘below the line’ (BTL) comment spaces extend the public sphere to include vernacular voices that rarely figure in mainstream democratic debate. This study examines interaction among commenters in a corpus of comments posted to the British… read more