Hostility on Twitter in the Aftermath of Terror Attacks
Christian S. Czymara,
Anastasia Gorodzeisky
Abstract:This study investigates the relationship between major terror attacks associated with political Islam and manifestations of ethno-religious hostility on social media. Analyzing approximately 4.5 million time-stamped tweets from approximately 1.2 million distinct users across five European countries, the study focuses on tweets discussing immigration and related topics in the weeks before and after ten significant terror attacks. The findings identified a notable increase in the probability of tweets with ethno… Show more
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