In a new study, researchers refine how information from Twitter users can help document public reaction to attacks on Chinese and other Asians in the US in the wake of COVID-19.
Specifically, they examine public opinion toward #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate, the hashtags and websites that provide information, resources, places to donate, and places to report hate crimes.
In a paper posted at arXiv, an open-access, non-peer-reviewed repository of scientific papers, the researchers find that:
The growing political divide in the US extends to this issue, with Biden supporters more likely to support the hashtags, and Trump supporters more likely to be negative.
University of Rochester
Rochester researchers use Twitter to gauge public opinion toward #StopAsianHate.
In a new study, University of Rochester researchers refine how information gleaned from Twitter users can be used to document public reaction to attacks on Chinese and other Asians in the US in the wake of COVID-19.
Specifically, they examine public opinion toward #StopAsianHate and #StopAAPIHate, the hashtags and websites that provide information, resources, places to donate, and places to report hate crimes.
In a paper posted at arXiv, an open-access, non-peer-reviewed repository of scientific papers, the researchers find that:
The growing political divide in the US extends to this issue, with Biden supporters more likely to support the hashtags, and Trump supporters more likely to be negative.
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