Who fuels the fire? Predicting amplifiers, copycats, and attenuators in the networked spread of toxicity in immigration discourse
Published online on May 22, 2026
Abstract
New Media & Society, Ahead of Print.
Drawing on Moral Foundations Theory and recent network diffusion studies, we examine the toxicity spread in US immigration-related discourse on X (N= 305,878 tweets, January 2021 to April 2024). Using AI-assisted content analysis, this study examines how ...
Drawing on Moral Foundations Theory and recent network diffusion studies, we examine the toxicity spread in US immigration-related discourse on X (N= 305,878 tweets, January 2021 to April 2024). Using AI-assisted content analysis, this study examines how ...