The Most Tweeted hate from eastern part of U.S.

Cross posted by Melanie Nathan, May 14, 2013.

Screen Shot 2013-05-14 at 7.54.04 AMThe most hateful tweeters in the United States tend to live in the eastern half of the country, according to a new map that pinpoints hate speech from Twitter across country.

The map, created by geography students at Humboldt State University in California, looks at more than 150,000 geocoded tweets (tweets that say where the user is located) between June 2012 and April 2013, sorting for those that contained a racist, homophobic or anti-disability word. The researchers then decided whether or not the tweet was using the word in a hateful way.

Explore the map for yourself on the project’s website.

According to our analysis: A majority of hateful tweets are coming from smaller towns and more rural areas. For example, some of the biggest spots for homophobic tweets are along the border of Oklahoma and Texas, and one of the biggest hubs of racist tweets is in a seemingly empty area of western Indiana. There are a lot more racist tweets coming out of an area in the middle of North Dakota than in the larger city of Fargo, for example. Homophobic tweets have a wider spread across the nation than racist ones, which are coming from the southeastern portion of the country more than anywhere else.

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6 Comments on “The Most Tweeted hate from eastern part of U.S.”

  1. Dr. Rex May 14, 2013 at 7:58 AM #

    This is incredibly informative information. Thx for investigating and reporting. Will re-blog!!!

  2. Dr. Rex May 14, 2013 at 7:59 AM #

    Reblogged this on It Is What It Is and commented:
    Statistics …. Eastern part of the USA, rural American …. less traveled, less educated, more biased?? Your thoughts ……

  3. dakotahgeo May 14, 2013 at 8:01 AM #

    Wow!!! This an eye-opener!!! I’m not surprised about North Dakota! Education starts sinking in and working around Jamestown and going east! Such a pity for the west 2/3rds except for the bigger cities. They “get it”!

  4. Tracy May 14, 2013 at 9:32 AM #

    So, all of the sexually repressed/inhibited are east-coasters? Interesting! ;)

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