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  • Two trains slowing to a crawl? Biden and Trump’s Facebook pages – a roundup

    Two trains slowing to a crawl? Biden and Trump’s Facebook pages – a roundup

    Summary Trump has won in the head to head battle between his personal Facebook page and Biden‘s across all engagement metrics. This is seen across total engagement and when averaging engagement to remove Trump’s big advantage from increased levels of posting. Biden has gone backwards compared to Clinton, and Trump is only matching his 2016…

    Tristan Hotham

    November 3, 2020
    Facebook, Research, Social Media
    2020 US elections, Biden, Trump
  • Where are Trump and Biden’s Facebook followers located?

    Where are Trump and Biden’s Facebook followers located?

    Where are Trump and Biden’s Facebook followers located? 2020 data shows Trump (67%) has far fewer US based followers than Biden (88%). This is a reversal of 2016 data that showed Trump having many more US based followers (75% US) than Clinton (56%).

    Tristan Hotham

    October 9, 2020
    Data Access, Facebook, Politics, Research, Social Media
    2016 US election, 2020 US elections
  • Biden’s organic Facebook campaign is behind Clinton’s, while Trump is surpassing his 2016 performance

    Biden’s organic Facebook campaign is behind Clinton’s, while Trump is surpassing his 2016 performance

    Analysing 4450 posts from equal campaign periods before the 2016 and 2020 Presidential Elections, the data shows that Biden is trailing Clinton’s performance, while in contrast, Trump is exceeding his 2016 performance.

    Tristan Hotham

    October 8, 2020
    Content Analysis, Facebook, Politics, Research, Social Media
    2020 elections, facebook adverts, US presidential election
  • 100 days to the election – Trump v. Biden: The last 30 days on Facebook

    100 days to the election – Trump v. Biden: The last 30 days on Facebook

    It is 100 days to the US 2020 Elections. Although targeted advertising is key to a modern campaign, it is inherently not as powerful as viral socially located organic communications. From the 27th June to the 26th July I examine Trump and Biden’s Facebook profile page engagement. In short Trump is easily winning on Facebook…

    Tristan Hotham

    July 26, 2020
    Facebook, Politics, Social Media
    2020 elections, Biden, crowdtangle, Trump
  • How do we fight fake news and misinformation? Research Access!

    How do we fight fake news and misinformation? Research Access!

    A solution to the threats we see on social media? We need better research access!

    Tristan Hotham

    June 29, 2020
    Data Access, Facebook, Social Media
    facebook data, Fake News, Misinformation, research access
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