EVENT 1: Coronavirus: Vaccinations, Delta Variant
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘delta variant, vaccine, #covid19, vaccinated, covid19, covid, cases, mask mandate, vaccination, variant, #coronavirus, vaccines, #getvaccinated’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Breaking News: The Department of Veterans Affairs will require its health care workers to be vaccinated against Covid. It's the first federal agency to do so as concern grows about unvaccinated people contributing to the Delta variant's rapid spread. https://t.co/6v6IW1lQyW
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 26, 2021
Doctors, nurses and other health groups call for mandatory coronavirus vaccinations for all health workers as new cases surge https://t.co/SsicVhu4Bm
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2021
Americans have been hearing for months about the frightening rise of the Delta variant. But the virus is not the root cause of surging infection rates in parts of the country. Vaccine refusal and hesitancy are to blame. https://t.co/TtdbYy4FpI
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2021
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘olympic, gold, tokyo, #tokyo2020, medal, olympics, #tokyoolympics, #olympics, katie ledecky, momiji nishiya, team usa, games, simone biles, #teamusa, #olympicgames, naomi osaka, silver, medals, #simonebiles, skateboarding’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
Simone Biles, the most decorated gymnast in history, routinely executes gymnastics moves considered so dangerous that other women won't even attempt them. Judges aren’t scoring her moves high enough. https://t.co/ibCjnhYUvi
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 25, 2021
Here's what the women’s 400-meter freestyle race looked like. Ariarne Titmus overtook Katie Ledecky in the last 100 meters to take the gold. #Tokyo2020 https://t.co/ktwCzcksjq pic.twitter.com/7D193wqlxj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 26, 2021
She's 13 years old. She's a skateboarder. And she's an Olympic gold medalist.
— The New York Times (@nytimes) July 26, 2021
Momiji Nishiya of Japan 🇯🇵 takes 🥇 in the women's street final at #Tokyo2020. https://t.co/AXfeHMXiAz
How much and how flocks talked about it
EVENT 3: January 6 Select Committee
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘kevin mccarthy, liz cheney, adam kinzinger, nancy pelosi, jan 6th, january 6th, select committee, speaker pelosi’
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No meanstream media covered this event
How much and how flocks talked about it
All tweets containing one of the following words were included:
‘critical race’
Top retweeted mainstream media links:
It started with a mock “slave trade” and a school resolution against racism. Now a war over critical race theory is tearing this small town apart https://t.co/Ojn49U9mlv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) July 26, 2021