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outlier -> An Attempt To Map Hate Speech on Twitter (5/14/2013 8:10:49 PM)
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A group of Humboldt State students are attempting to map hate speech.
on Twitter From Huffington Post Tech
"The map, created by geography students at Humboldt State University in California,
looks at more than 150,000 geocoded tweets (tweets that say where the user is located)
between June 2012 and April 2013, sorting for those that contained a racist, homophobic
or anti-disability word. The researchers then decided whether or not the tweet was using
the word in a hateful way.
According to our analysis: A majority of hateful tweets are coming from smaller towns and
more rural areas. For example, some of the biggest spots for homophobic tweets are along
the border of Oklahoma and Texas, and one of the biggest hubs of racist tweets is in a
seemingly empty area of western Indiana. There are a lot more racist tweets coming out of an
area in the middle of North Dakota than in the larger city of Fargo, for example. Homophobic
tweets have a wider spread across the nation than racist ones, which are coming from the
southeastern portion of the country more than anywhere else."
Explore the map for yourself on the project's website.
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