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Gendered Cultural Discourse in Japan across the Prewar-Postwar Transition: Evidence from Historical Word Embeddings
Shintaro Sakai, Haewoon Kwak, Jisun An +1
We quantify the evolution of gender stereotypes in Japan from 1900 to 1998, covering the prewar-postwar transition, using a series of yearly word embeddings trained on historical t…
YouNICon: YouTube's CommuNIty of Conspiracy Videos
Shaoyi Liaw, Fan Huang, Fabricio Benevenuto +2
Conspiracy theories are widely propagated on social media. Among various social media services, YouTube is one of the most influential sources of news and entertainment. This paper…
Predicting Anti-Asian Hateful Users on Twitter during COVID-19
Jisun An, Haewoon Kwak, Claire Seungeun Lee +2
We investigate predictors of anti-Asian hate among Twitter users throughout COVID-19. With the rise of xenophobia and polarization that has accompanied widespread social media usag…
Are you Charlie or Ahmed? Cultural pluralism in Charlie Hebdo response on Twitter
Jisun An, Haewoon Kwak, Yelena Mejova +2
We study the response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings of January 7, 2015 on Twitter across the globe. We ask whether the stances on the issue of freedom of speech can be modeled usi…