There are just three left until the EU referendum vote and the official groups have been cranking up the volume with their online campaigning. The past week has seen the highest number of tweets from all the groups we are followed since late February: all but one of the groups has increased its output over […]
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As we’ve moved into the last stretch of the referendum, we’ve seen the emergence of a new dynamic: the referendum-as-general-election. In setting out more clearly what a post-Brexit future would look like, the key figures in the Leave campaign – Boris Johnson, Michael Gove, Chris Grayling and Priti Patel – have also been sketching what […]
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In this last week before the start of the purdah period, we are seeing signs that the EU referendum debate is picking up momentum online. The overall growth rate in new followers for official Twitter accounts of the various campaign groups is the highest it’s been since late March. While that growth has benefited Remain […]
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One of the most interesting aspects of the EU referendum campaign so far has been the extent to which things haven’t changed. Six weeks into the official period, we still have polling that gives no clear advantage to either side, nor even an indication that attitudes have changed at all: the don’t knows still make […]
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As we noted last week, there has been something of a mismatch between referendum campaigning and public engagement. Certainly, we continue to see only the low levels of growth in Twitter followers of recent weeks, even as groups have ramped up their production of content. While this looks like a rather static environment, it […]
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This blog was first published on the LSE Impact Blog. Authors: Roberta Guerrina, Toni Haastrup and Katharine A. M. Wright The significant absence of expert women’s voices from media debates and academic events related to the EU Referendum has been widely reported. Roberta Guerrina, Toni Haastrup, Katharine Wright share a list of women EU experts and argue there are in fact […]
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