Digital partisans: Dissecting Facebook sentiment towards Sri Lanka's main presidential candidates

‘With around 200,000 first-time voters and one million new voters, social media will play an unprecedented role in campaign propaganda …’

Originally published on Global Voices

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This article by Dr. Sanajana Hattotuwa originally appeared on Groundviews, an award-winning citizen journalism website in Sri Lanka. An edited and shortened version is published below as part of a content-sharing agreement with Global Voices.