论文标题
COVID，BLM和美国政治家在Twitter上的两极分化
COVID, BLM, and the polarization of US politicians on Twitter
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论文摘要
我们绘制了520名美国国会议员的推文，重点是分析他们与两个广泛主题的参与：首先，即19号大流行，第二，最近的反种族主义抗议浪潮。我们发现，在讨论Covid-19，民主党人在公共卫生方面构成了问题，而共和党人更有可能专注于小型企业和经济。当观察围绕反黑暴力的话语时，我们发现民主党人更有可能将警察的暴行称为一个特定的关注点。相比之下，共和党人不仅讨论了这个问题，而且还要使他们的术语更加笼统，并批评抗议暴力。
We mapped the tweets of 520 US Congress members, focusing on analyzing their engagement with two broad topics: first, the COVID-19 pandemic, and second, the recent wave of anti-racist protest. We find that, in discussing COVID-19, Democrats frame the issue in terms of public health, while Republicans are more likely to focus on small businesses and the economy. When looking at the discourse around anti-Black violence, we find that Democrats are far more likely to name police brutality as a specific concern. In contrast, Republicans not only discuss the issue far less, but also keep their terms more general, as well as criticizing perceived protest violence.
