Political hashtag hijacking in the U.S.

Asmelash Teka Hadgu · Kiran V. Garimella · Ingmar G. Weber

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We study the change in polarization of hashtags on Twitter over time and show that certain jumps in polarity are caused by "hijackers" engaged in a particular type of hashtag war.

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