A Cardiff University professor has uncovered a drastic increase in online anti-Asian hate crime triggered by a tweet sent by former President Donald Trump that included the phrase "Chinese virus" to describe COVID-19.
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Mar 29, 2021
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In the week after former President Donald J. Trump tweeted about "the Chinese virus," the number of coronavirus-related tweets with anti-Asian hashtags rose precipitously, a new study from UC San Francisco has found.
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Mar 18, 2021
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Researchers from the University of Seville and Pompeu Fabra University argue that sports information on social media is dominated by men and football. This leaves out women's sports, sports featuring athletes with disabilities ...
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Mar 5, 2021
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Fashion brands should engage "more proactively" with social media users around sustainability and ethics, after University of Liverpool analysis suggested their current approach may be "counter-productive."
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Jan 4, 2021
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Since the 2019/20 season, controversial referee calls in the English Premier League may be technically reviewed and, if deemed necessary, corrected. Using a Twitter analysis of 129 games in the English Premier League, a research ...
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Dec 14, 2020
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President Donald Trump's controversial use of social media is widely known and theories abound about its ulterior motives. New research published today in Nature Communications claims to provide the first evidence-based analysis ...
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Nov 10, 2020
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The link between hot weather and aggressive crime is well established. But can the same be said for online aggression, such as angry tweets? And is online anger a predictor of assaults?
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Jun 29, 2020
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The rapid politicization of the COVID-19 pandemic can be seen in messages members of the U.S. Congress sent about the issue on the social media site Twitter, a new analysis found.
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Jun 24, 2020
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Large protest events can be divisive, spurring an outpouring of both support and opposition. But new Penn State research found that the 2017 Women's March, which championed goals in support of women and human rights, was ...
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Jun 23, 2020
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Political candidates' use of humor on social media could sometimes backfire on them with potential supporters, new research suggests.
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Jun 15, 2020
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