Tweeting hate and tweeting love: The COVID-19 pandemic and gender biases in citizen’s responses to US governors and health officials.

• In Event: X (Twitter) Marks the Spot

Brief Overview

How do citizens differ in their support of men and women policymakers when it comes to health policy? We answer this question using a unique database of about 3,000 tweets collected in the United States during the covid pandemic’s first wave.

Authors

• Aliza Forman Rabinovici, University of Haifa

• Jennifer M. Piscopo, Royal Holloway, University of London

• Malliga Och, Denison University