Lying, Liars, and Lies

Incivility in 2016 Presidential Candidate and Campaign Tweets During the Invisible Primary

Bibliographic Data

ID3759003
AuthorsKate Kenski (0000-0002-6064-791X, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA, corresponding author), Christine R Filer (0000-0001-9969-8928, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA), Bethany A Conway-Silva (California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA, USA)
Year2018
Volume62
Issue3
Pages286-299
Publication date2018-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAmerican Behavioral Scientist (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0002-7642 • E-ISSN: 1552-3381
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0002764217724840
OpenAlexW2785931687
LanguageEN
Citations received24
References cited30

Incivility is a growing concern among Americans and a burgeoning topic of scholarly research. The current study investigates the extent to which incivility via lying accusations was present in major party candidate and campaign expressions on Twitter during the invisible primary season preceding the 2016 presidential election. All tweets on verified major party candidate and campaign Twitter feeds were collected from March 5, 2015 through December 31, 2015 ( N = 66,463). The collection of candidate tweets included 6 Democrats and 18 Republicans. While lying accusations were infrequent, they occurred 109 times over the preprimary period. The Republican candidates were more likely to make lying accusations than were the Democratic candidates. This was driven in large part by the candidacy of Donald Trump

Candidacy · Criminology · Democracy · Incivility · Lying · Media studies · Political science · Politics · Presidential election · Presidential system · Sociology · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Social Media and Politics

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