Masks, Parties, and Ideologies: How Twitter Communities Politically Situate Themselves in the Time of COVID-19

• In Event: The Effect of Social Networks and News Media on COVID-19 Discourse

Brief Overview

We look at how Twitter communities supporting or opposing masking as a COVID-19 measure connect the issue to political ideologies, parties, and movements, and whether such connections magnify or modify the use of divisive and emotional language.

Authors

• Tavishi Bhasin, Kennesaw State University

• Elizabeth Ellen Gordon, Kennesaw State University

• Charity Butcher, Kennesaw State University

• Maia Hallward, Kennesaw State University