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After the release of her latest album, The Life of a Showgirl, Taylor Swift received a harsh uptick in hate. However, a study claimed it was more than just fan discourse.
Her record-breaking album was dropped on October 3, and it centered around a largely positive time in Taylor's life and her feeling of love with fiancé Travis Kelce. The internet, though, seemed to interpret her optimistic claims differently, alleging she was endorsing a trad wife lifestyle and was a closeted MAGA supporter.
However, a new study found that the narrative was controlled by just a few accounts online in what experts are interpreting as a coordinated attack on the 35-year-old's character.
The study looked at 24,000 posts and 18,000 accounts on 14 digital platforms between October 4 and October 18. Only 3.77% of accounts that engaged in the conversation about the album and artist created 28% of the content.
By provoking Swifties into refuting claims, the conspiracy theories were only amplified, despite the narrative only being pushed by a vocal minority of accounts, according to the study. In fact, the researches recognized that those accounts didn't even seem human, behaving more like bot accounts.
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