Social media, polarization and democracy: A multi-methods analysis of polarized users' interactions on Reddit's r/WallStreetBets
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democracy; investment forum; polarization; social media;All these keywords.
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-PAY-2022-02-21 (Payment Systems and Financial Technology)
- NEP-POL-2022-02-21 (Positive Political Economics)
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