Tweets Used to Generate 'Geography of Hate'
Students from University of Humbolt State University used aggregated tweets to assemble a map of where hate speech is most prevalent.
Researchers at University of Humbolt State University used aggregated tweets to assemble a map of where hate speech is most prevalent.
The map is interactive, allowing users to sort by racist, homophobic and anti-disability remarks.
The results are rather damning of the Eastern United States. Admittedly, population is denser there than in most of the West, but that doesn’t fully account for the difference on the map between the two sides of the country.
To wit: Rural Oregon and Idaho have red counties, and California has almost no red at all (when viewed closer in, the hotspot of hate in the state is on the Nevada border).
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