elections

This is a list of my publications on this topic.

How Generative AI Chatbots Responded to Questions and Fact-checks about the 2024 UK General Election

This factsheet examines the performance of three generative AI chatbots—ChatGPT4o, Google Gemini, and Perplexity—in responding to questions and fact-checks related to the 2024 UK General Election. Analysing 300 responses to 100 election-related …

The Electoral Misinformation Nexus: How News Consumption, Platform Use, and Trust in News Influence Belief in Electoral Misinformation

Electoral misinformation, where citizens believe false or misleading claims about the electoral process and electoral institutions—sometimes actively and strategically spread by political actors—is a challenge to public confidence in elections …

What Social Networks Did Political Parties Use Most in 2024?

Twitter thread UK Election Analysis 2024: Media, Voters and the Campaign is out - https://t.co/hPRVt8Iiep I took a quick look at the parties' use of social media during the #GE2024 campaign from their official accounts.

A Mile Wide, an Inch Deep: Online News and Media Use in the 2019 UK General Election

This report presents the most detailed and comprehensive analysis to date of news use during the 2019 UK General Election. It is based on a unique tracking study of the online news consumption of 1,711 people aged 18-65 across mobile and desktop …

How Brexit Referendum Voters Use News

It’s been over three years since the United Kingdom narrowly voted to leave the European Union in June 2016 – and the role the news media played during the referendum campaign, and during the subsequent negotiations, continues to be debated. People …