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Political candidates in infotainment programmes and their emotional effects on Twitter: an analysis of the 2015 Spanish general elections pre-campaign season

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Pages 144-156 | Received 03 Mar 2017, Accepted 10 Aug 2017, Published online: 28 Aug 2017

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