Angry Tweets and Interest Groups
Presenter(s)
Sean Newhouse
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Description
Twitter is where much of the communication concerning politics happens. But little research has been done into which tweets are most successful at getting likes, retweets, and replies. Through a content analysis of more than 2,000 tweets from two pairs of diametrically opposed interest groups, this research aims to answer if tweets that include argumentative, or disagreeable, language receive more likes, retweets, and replies than tweets without argumentative language. The tweets were collected over a two-month period leading up to the 2018 Midterm elections, which includes the Brett Kavanaugh confirmation hearings. The statistically significant data suggest that tweets with argumentative language do receive more public feedback than tweets without it.
Publication Date
4-22-2020
Project Designation
Honors Thesis
Primary Advisor
Daniel R. Birdsong
Primary Advisor's Department
Political Science
Keywords
Stander Symposium project, College of Arts and Sciences
Recommended Citation
"Angry Tweets and Interest Groups" (2020). Stander Symposium Projects. 2020.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/stander_posters/2020
Comments
This presentation was given live at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on Wednesday, April 22, 2020 via Zoom. A recording of the presentation is included below.