St. Lawrence University

The Expression of Race and Police Brutality on Twitter: Comparing Journalists and Activists

by
Emily Balter

Introduction 

Emily Balter's Method 3: Content Analysis

by
Emily Balter

Question: During the week that Michael Brown was killed in Ferguson, how do the tweets written by journalists differ from the tweets written by activists? When filtering in the key words Protestors OR Police OR Media, who is saying what? Which tweets are more affective or objective? Who is using more video/visuals? Who is telling the truth?