Hostility on Twitter in the Aftermath of Terror Attacks

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dc.bibliographicCitation.firstPage1305
dc.bibliographicCitation.issue2
dc.bibliographicCitation.lastPage1325
dc.bibliographicCitation.volume7
dc.contributor.authorCzymara, Christian S.
dc.contributor.authorGorodzeisky, Anastasia
dc.date.accessioned2025-03-14T18:30:18Z
dc.date.available2025-03-14T18:30:18Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.date.updated2025-01-28T05:12:16Z
dc.description.abstractThis study investigates the relationship between major Jihadist terror attacks and manifestations of ethno-religious hostility on social media. Analyzing approximately 4.5 million time-stamped Tweets from 1.2 million users across five European countries, the study focuses on content discussing migration and related topics in the weeks before and after ten significant terror attacks. The findings show a notable and robust increase in hostile Tweets after an attack. An interrupted time series analysis demonstrates a 10% point surge at the time of the attack, followed by a gradual decline. Accordingly, the impact of such attacks on online hostility diminishes approximately seven days after the event. Further analyses reveal that while attacks have the strongest effect on Tweets about Muslims and Islam, the attacks also increase hostility in Tweets about migration in general. We find that the overall attack effect is driven by both intra-user changes in Tweeting and changes in the composition of users posting after an attack. The findings underscore the importance of understanding the interplay between terrorist events and online discourse, shedding light on the dynamics of ethno-religious hostility in the digital realm.
dc.description.sponsorshipOpen access funding provided by Tel Aviv University.
dc.description.sponsorshipTel Aviv University
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s42001-024-00272-9
dc.identifier.urihttp://resolver.sub.uni-goettingen.de/purl?fidaac-11858/3449
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.issn2432-2717
dc.relation.journalJournal of Computational Social Science
dc.rightsL::CC BY 4.0
dc.subject.ddcddc:320
dc.subject.ddcddc:070
dc.subject.ddcddc:300
dc.subject.fieldbritishstudies
dc.subject.fielddigitalhumanities
dc.subject.fieldmediastudies
dc.subject.fieldpoliticalscience
dc.subject.fieldsocialscience
dc.titleHostility on Twitter in the Aftermath of Terror Attacks
dc.typearticle
dc.type.versionpublishedVersion
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