Image by Bastian Riccardi via Pexels. Used under a Pexels License. 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. In July 2024, I studied over 4,000 tweets linked to the three main presidential candidates — the incumbent President Ranil Wickremesinghe (RW) from the United National Party, the leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa (SP) and the leader of the National People’s Power (NPP) party, Anura…
