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Twitter is what is commonly described as a "microblogging" social media application. Users can post comments, thoughts, or opinions on various topics as well as share visual media. Bruns (2012) has further highlighted how Twitter incorporates the use of hashtags as a means of structuring the broad range of debates. Speaking to its societal function, Twitter can be understood as "an awareness system that allows for an immediate, fast, and widespread dissemination of information" (Maireder & Ausserhofer, 2012, p. 306), one which "contributes to a broadening of public debate" (Larsson & Moe, 2011, p. 741) on various issues. In relation to political communication, Twitter is increasingly being used within the sociopolitical domain as a channel through which to circulate information during political campaigns and as a gauge of public opinion (Chadwick,

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