DataSet "Political communication on TikTok: from the feminisation of discourse to incivility expressed in emoji form"

In a context where there is permanent electoral campaigning, an increasing number of political communication experts are trying to unravel the resources used by government officials and their parties to influence TikTok users. From a broad perspective, the subject matter is not new, but it is topical; nonetheless, this research discloses a gap in the literature by amalgamating the recognition of idiosyncratic attributes of the feminisation of political discourse on TikTok with the analysis of the reactions (text and emojis) that the audiovisual content imbued by this trend elicits in users. The purpose is to ascertain whether the inclusive tone of the feminised rhetorical style can be extrapolated to TikTok and, if so, whether its particular characteristics mitigate expressions of incivility. To do so, the initial content posted (first seven months) on TikTok by the Spanish political platform Sumar with its leader, Yolanda Díaz, featuring prominently in most of the videos, were selected for scrutiny. A mixed methodology analysis of audiovisual content and comments showed that the anti-polarisation rhetoric and storytelling contributed to neutralising the extreme forms of flaming, although Sumar did not use a strategy tailor-made to suit TikTok.