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Personal Attacks

Personal Attack is a type of negative campaigning tactic that belongs to the category of political communication strategies, specifically characterized by ad hominem rhetoric aimed at discrediting an opponent's character, behavior, or personal attributes rather than addressing their policies or substantive positions.

81

Publications

5.2K

Citations

203

Authors

100

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

40

Variants

Ad Hominem Attacks

Parents

Publications

81

Ex Machina

Ellery Wulczyn, Nithum Thain, Lucas Dixon · 2017 · 641 citations · Full text

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Going negative: how attack ads shrink and polarize the electorate

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 376 citations

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Understanding Transit Scenes: A Survey on Human Behavior-Recognition Algorithms

Joshua Candamo, Matthew Shreve, Dmitry B. Goldgof et al. · IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems · 2009 · 295 citations

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Promoting Discourse about Socioscientific Issues through Scaffolded Inquiry

Kimberly A. Walker, Dana L. Zeidler · International Journal of Science Education · 2007 · 285 citations

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Ex Machina: Personal Attacks Seen at Scale

Ellery Wulczyn, Nithum Thain, Lucas Dixon · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2016 · 204 citations · Full text

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1–5 of 81

Authors

203

  1. NT
    Nithum Thain

    Google (United States), United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  2. LD
    Lucas Dixon

    Google (United States), United States

    5 publications · 1.1K citations

    5

    h-index

  3. EW
    Ellery Wulczyn

    Google (United States), United States

    3 publications · 857 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. DT
    Dario Taraborelli

    Wikimedia Foundation, United States

    2 publications · 236 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. AN
    Alessandro Nai

    University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

    2 publications · 190 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 203

Institutions

100

  1. University of Amsterdam

    Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    567 citations

  2. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    264 citations

  3. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    457 citations

  4. Wikimedia Foundation

    San Francisco, United States

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    2.1K citations

  5. University of Thessaly

    Volos, Greece

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    307 citations

  6. University of the Sunshine Coast

    Sunshine Coast, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

  7. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    164 citations

  8. Southern Cross University

    Lismore, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    81 citations

1–8 of 100

Venues

  1. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 3 publications · 314 citations

    3

    h-index

  2. New Media & Society

    3 publications · 182 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction

    PACMHCI · 2 publications · 66 citations

    2

    h-index

  4. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 2 publications · 517 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. The Social Studies

    1 publications · 34 citations

    1

    h-index

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