Before revision:  In the present paper, we aim at filling this gap by , first, identifying the discursive communities that animate the political debate in the run up of the 2018 Italian Elections and, then, studying the semantic mechanisms that shape their internal Twitter discussions .
After revision:  In the present paper, we aim at filling this gap by adopting a two-steps approach. First, we identify the discursive communities that animate the political debate in the run up of the 2018 Italian Elections and, then, studying the semantic mechanisms that shape their internal Twitter discussions .