APS
2022 APS Annual Convention · 2022
Impact of COVID-19 News Coverage on Stereotypes Used for Asians on Twitter
- Richa Gautam
University of Delaware - Jennifer Kubota
University of Delaware - Jasmin Cloutier
University of Delaware
Abstract
The Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has led to increase in anti-Asian racism. This increase has been attributed to rhetoric around the pandemic. We will use 12 million tweets from before and during COVID-19 to analyze changes in stereotypes used for Asians as a function of COVID-19 news coverage.
Racism and Discrimination
