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Analysis for Public Discourse Based on Tweets’ Relevant Terms: Opposition to the US Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade
- 1 Department of Arts, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, 3010, Australia
- 2 Department of Arts, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, K1N 6N5, Canada
- 3 Shanghai World Foreign Language Academy, Shanghai, 200032, China
- 4 Vanke Meisha Academy, Shenzhen,518000, China
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Abstract
This study investigated people's attitudes on social media towards abortion right after the leaked version, and the official version were put out, as well as the factors that influence and reveal human attention to independent rights and gender equality. Quantitative and qualitative data were collected through Twitter. Data from quantitative analysis and topic modeling suggested people's different focus topics on abortion, the most relevant focused hashtags in this event, and how people's main concern towards the issue shifted after the official version came out. Results from the qualitative analysis indicated how human's reactions towards abortion have been displayed through platforms and what parts are the most concerned in this incident. This research emphasizes the critical role of human attitudes in controversial decisions and how media separate them into different groups and tags to allow a more extensive community for people to discuss and protest.
Keywords
abortion right, official version, quantitative analysis, human attitudes
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Xu,J.;Du,Q.;Zhou,H.;Yang,W. (2023). Analysis for Public Discourse Based on Tweets’ Relevant Terms: Opposition to the US Supreme Court’s Decision to Overturn Roe v. Wade. Lecture Notes in Education Psychology and Public Media,5,755-763.
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