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Sorin Adam Matei

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Donald Trump’s Facebook campaign leads Hillary Clinton’s by a large margin, building on Twitter strength

Donald Trump rip-roars his way through social media, keeping Hillary Clinton’s Campaign in a tight spot. An average official Trump Facebook page [1] post published after August 1st 2015, when the primary campaigning began, attracts on average a staggering 72,058 likes. An…

Donald Trump Twitter campaign outperforms Hillary Clinton’s in all dimensions: output, engagement, performance

I dipped the R cup in the Twitter font of wisdom and here is what I found… For the period April 15-July 16 Trump’s campaign leads Hillary Clintons’ on Twitter by a factor of about 2. Trump’s campaign put out a couple…

Is “the media” obsessed with Donald Trump? How much? Does it matter?

The issue if and how much is Trump’s celebrity influenced by a so-called “media obsession” with his persona and ideas has been much discussed during the 2016 nomination campaign. Here are some opinions… The Media’s Not Being Honest About Its Trump Obsession…