Sanctions and their audiences: how fear and anger drive US and Russian popular responses to anti-Russian sanctions on social media

• In Event: Economic Sanctions

Brief Overview

We explore Americans' and Russians' opinions on Twitter and Vkontakte, respectively, about the economic sanctions against Russia and find that certain emotions were associated with specific attitudes towards the sanctions.

Authors

• Pei-Hsun Hsieh, University of Pennsylvania

• Guzel Garifullina, University of Richmond

• Moeed Baradaran, University of Rochester