Replication Data for: False Equivalencies: Online activism from left to right

Data and code needed to replicate original empirical analyses for the following article: Freelon, D., Marwick, A., & Kreiss, D. (forthcoming). False Equivalencies: Online activism from left to right. Science. Abstract: Digital media are critical for contemporary activism—even low-effort “clicktivism” is politically consequential and contributes to offline participation. We argue that in the US and industrialized West, left- and right-wing activists use digital and legacy media differently to achieve political goals. While left-wing actors operate primarily through “hashtag activism” and offline protest, right-wing activists manipulate legacy media, migrate to alternative platforms, and work strategically with partisan media to spread their messages. Although scholarship suggests the right has embraced strategic disinformation and conspiracy theories more than the left, more research is needed to reveal the magnitude and character of left-wing disinformation. Such ideological asymmetries between left and right-wing activism hold critical implications for democratic practice, social media governance, and the interdisciplinary study of digital politics.