APS

30th APS Annual Convention · 2018

Politics Are All in a Twitter

San Francisco, CA · May 2018

Poster · Cross-Cutting Theme Poster - My Truth or Yours: The Science of Reality Monitoring

  • Sharon Tkacz
    Kent State University @ Geauga
  • Scott Ashburn
    Kent State University
  • Sara Hansen
    Kent State University
  • Lauren Sell
    Kent State University
  • Victoria Andexler
    Kent State University
  • Zachariah Moore
    Fairmont University

Abstract

Language analysis software was used to examine tweets in response to the Twitter accounts of Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump. Differences in a number of linguistic features were found that reveal differences in psychological processes or states such as analytic thinking, clout and affiliation.

Social Cognition

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