From Tweets to Streets: Observational Study on the Association Between Twitter Sentiment and Anti-Asian Hate Crimes in New York City from 2019 to 2022
A higher negative sentiment level was associated with more hate crimes specifically targeting the Asian community in the same month. The findings highlight the importance of monitoring public sentiment to predict and potentially mitigate hate crimes against Asian individuals.
Authors
- Thu T. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1185-045X)
- Junaid S. Merchant (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-6211)
- Heran Mane (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8859-3282)
- Quynh C. Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4745-6681)
- Xiaohe Yue (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5922-1949)
- Laura Briggs Drew (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0895-7045)
- Hanxue Wei (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6657-4048)
- Yulin Hswen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3203-1322)
Institutions
- University of California, San Francisco (US)
- Cornell University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
- Published
- 2024-09-09
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.2196/53050
- Citations
- 5
- Primary Topic
- Hate Speech and Cyberbullying Detection
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.74