Love and Hate Across the US Political Spectrum
Date of Award
Summer 8-11-2023
Document Type
Applied Project
Degree Name
Master of Science in Research Psychology (MS)
Department
Psychology
Supervisor
Brittany M. Tausen, PhD
Second Reader
Jenny Lee Vaydich, PhD
Abstract
Twitter is a vast source of qualitative and quantitative data on human interaction. This proposed study examines group identity strength (GIS), measured as how strongly one identifies with a group, as a factor of positive and negative partisanship in the US by observing tweets and follower interactions. The top 10 words collocated with “love” and “hate” will be analyzed for each level of GIS for liberals and conservatives. Expected findings are that those with stronger GIS will display more in-group favoritism than out-group animosity, and that the top collocates of love and hate will be different for liberals and conservatives.
Recommended Citation
Walker, Joseph, "Love and Hate Across the US Political Spectrum" (2023). Research Psychology Theses. 12.
https://digitalcommons.spu.edu/rpsy_etd/12
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