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OBJECTS of SENTIMENT: Muslims Testing Sentiment Analysis of Woolwich Murder on Twitter Mosques islamexposed animal savages koran murder london edl palestine hdl myjihad cameron killers tlot uk woolwich jihad kenya guilty infowars nwo muslim islam tcot headdesk video leerigby OBJECTS OF SENTIMENT: muslims Testing sentiment analysis of Woolwich murder on Twitter mosques David Moats, Mads Emil Dalsgaard, Jack Keenan, Simeona Petkova, Catherine Somze, Nadia islamophobiaDresscher culpables islamistas muslimimagines breaking terrorism islamists michaeladebolajo bbcnews islamicextremism britain rigby islamic INTRODUCTION Woolwich on Social Media On May 22nd, 2013 two British Muslim converts killed Lee Rigby in what has been called ‘the Woolwich Murder’. According to the Guardian (date here) this was the first UK murder ever to be transmitted ‘live’ on the Internet. Also, according to the Guardian, the Woolwich murder sparked more muted political response than other previous attacks (date here). http://www.thedrum.com/news/2013/05/24/woolwich-mentioned-449360-times-twitter-24-hours- INTRODUCTION Sentiment Analysis and Digital Methods Sentiment analysis implies researcher coys, woolwich, afc, thfc, bnp, splash, gemma, edl, tcot, leerigby, arsenal, demarcated data set: no ‘noise’ flooding, bankrupt, c4news, islam, ff, news, job, endofanera, criminal, benefitsstreet, muslims, cbb, london, priceless, uk, england, nld, pjnet, ukip, bellend, fuckwits, luton, stopnyposthate, universaljobmatch, Is this compatible with Digital Methods? muslim, twisters, fb, facup, lestweforget, nickgriffin, scum, spurs, indeed, winstonchurchill, savebankruptnick, prayfornick, yids, jihad If we get rid of football, or Nick Griffin we might miss connections. QUESTIONS How does the ‘sentiment’ change over time between the murder and the trial? Can we make sentiment object-based? How does sentiment analysis compare to co-word? What else does sentiment analysis detect (bots, controversy)? METHODS 1. Qualitatively investigate the data set Identify spikes in activity Top Hashtags, Users, URLs, Retweets Which objects relate to the topic? Which ones work over time? 2. Hashtag - Co-hashtag with sentiment Islam x 2 Woolwich X 2 3. Top Mentioned @Users Bubble Chart 4. URL - Sentiment of Tweets over Time Colour Ribbon QUalitatiVE Identifying objects: - @users - #hashtags - Retweets - URLs woolwich, leerigby, job, afc, woolwich, plumstead, coys (football), woolwich, thfc tcot, islam, london, indeed, loki, edl, leerigby, (football), bnp, afc (football), universaljobmatch, news missingkitten, tcot, bnp, england, london QUalitatiVE RT @DailyMirror: GUILTY verdict on murder of Lee Rigby in #Woolwich attack trial - live updates here http://t.co/se- Plfld5mc http://t.co/X91‚Ķ [[http://mirr.im/19ePyNf]] First very ‘newsy’ reporting @DailyLorde Woolwich Murder: Muslim Leader Warns Of ‘War’: A Muslim leader warns people in “”war zone”” Brit- Followed by more extreme reactions ain to “”wake u... @goodxfights by anti-Jihadist (JihadWatch, the England Defence League, its Scottish chapter, sympathisers, and the RT @SeumasMilne: ‘If the whole world’s a battlefield that celebrity, Daily Lorde, and her own holds in #Woolwich as well as #Waziristan’ - my piece in the Guardian http://t.c‚Ķ fans), humanist and pro-Islamic voices arose, interspersed with condolence messages to the Rigby family and more news about the trial #HASHTAGS #Woolwich Comparison within Trial Data Set Colour = Avg Sentiment animal savages Size = Hashtag Frequency islamexposed koran edl murder bnp 19 Dec 20 Dec bbcbias helpforheroes untoldstory godbless bbcpanorama freedom rt multicultural war multiculturalism woolwichattack muslim woolwichattack skyskynews cameron extremism murderers tcot deathpenalty cbc mcb guilty radicalisation islamophobia woolwichtheuntoldstorycrazy labour extremism allah islam radical woolwichact theuntoldstory fanatic panoramatv ronniebiggs theatre whys britain israel scum warning alqaeda panorama fuming muslims hatred adebolajo on rip excusingsavagery romford cia bbc bbc1 bbc unreal democracy arsenal terrorism choudary parigby muslimprisoners terrorism edl onthetrains racism leerigby justice leerigby panorama rigby bnp rig guiltyashell breaking woolwichtheuntoldstory democracy muslim woolwichc4news nobrainer pdfr woolwich greenwich police oldbailey pimmsoclock construction video thurrock mi5 rigby ripleerigby swanley r4today waziristan adebolajo cobham ripleerigby attack uk nigella nigelladuggan apprenticeship security muslims driver untold woolwichtrial uk adebowalehornchurch indeed video warehouse london islam job thenewscrew attacke news sentencing thebee hospitality toxicmasculinity care sodisgusted universaljobmatch british fanatic kenya graduate liverpool nwo beckham woolwichact postcard newsnight london edwardian infowars thames retail catering customer security apprenticeship admin freemuslimprisoners leerigbytrial graduate service fightislamism job universaljobmatch indeed radio4 catering blowback driver retail hategroup warehouse amazing almuhajiroun admin community anjemchowdrey service thurrock customer cobham swanley hospitality #HASHTAGS #Waziristan #Lee Rigby Mostly from mass Re-Tweet! Deport all foreign #Muslims. Outlaw #Islam in the UK. Demolish all the #mosques. Religion of peace? My arse!! #LeeRigby #Woolwich RT @SeumasMilne: ‘If the whole world’s a battlefield that holds in #Woolwich as well as #Waziristan’ - my piece in the Guardian http://t. The text ‘Deport all foreign #Muslims. Outlaw #Islam in the UK. c… Demolish all the #mosques. Religion of peace? ‘ has positive strength 1 and negative strength -2 #woolwichtheuntoldstory Approximate classification rationale: Deport all foreign[-2] #Mus- Very Prominent on the first day lims .[sentence: 1,-2] Outlaw[-2] #Islam in the UK .[sentence: 1,-2] Demolish[-2] all the #mosques .[sentence: 1,-2] Religion of peace RT @State_Control: The Human Rights of #LeeRigby’s killers are “”being consid- ?[sentence: 1,-1] [result: max + and - of any sentence][overall result ered””: http://t.co/pIVUoS9yUl #woolwich #WoolwichTheUntoldStory [[http:// = -1 as pos<-neg] (Detect Sentiment) www.economicvoice.com/ukip-delay-of-rigby-killers-sentencing-deeply-troubling]] #Woolwich #islam Takes off on the day after the trial I’d like to strap Bakri and Adebolajo to a drone missile stuff bacon into their mouths and then fire it into a mosque #woolwich #islam Why did u bring him back when he wanted to live under #Islam? http://t.co/uM- 0SaCs6Sn #Woolwich [[http://news.sky.com/story/1185054/adebolajos-brother- refuses-to-condemn-murder]] Woolwich Murder: Muslim Leader Says the UK is a Battlefield. http://t.co/ IBwzukbie0 #Kenya #Woolwich #NWO #Islam #Infowars [[http://youtu.be/ Dy3R4tkeG4k]] has positive strength 1 and negative strength -4 Approximate classification rationale: Woolwich Murder[-4] :Muslim Leader Says the UK is a Battlefield[-2] .[sentence: 1,-4] http ://t .[sentence: 1,-1] co /IBwzuk- bie0 #Kenya #Woolwich [sentence: 1,-1] [result: max + and - of any sentence] [overall result = -1 as pos<-neg] (Detect Sentiment) #HASHTAGS #Islam Comparison between Data Sets Colour = Avg Sentiment islamexposed Size = Hashtag Frequency animal savages koran murder irs 22 May (Day of Murder) democracy 19-20 December (Trial Verdict) syria oklahoma liberal obama london bds islamisation ff jewish edl palestine israel arab hdl ulawful norway sharia myjihad guantanamo cair buddhism cameron combatants burma jihadist christianitywool islamorealism mourning fatal bbcnews sad sick tcot myjihad tgdn killers britisharmy islamthebeast tlot tlot sweden teamretweet rip war uk ccot soldier terrorists skyne woolwich jihad immigration kenya guilty infowars nwo muslim fail islamic judaism islam tcot muslimgroomersgb terror fgm jews england headdesk imperialism video mosque muslim zionism british essex europe enemymortal news islamism leerigby actions respect edl muslims behead casuals evf uk terrorism bnp ukip mosques londonislamquran enemies no2eu terrorise thereligionofpeace woolwichmuslims religionofpeace islamist nf allahs beheading islamophobiajihad itvnews ji pti peace allahu allahuakbar pvv labour racism conservatives bbc multiculturalism racists religion allah terrorist culpables britain islamophobia atheist islamistas eu atheism boston muslimimagines ramadan breaking terrorism blamethemuslims us propaganda bloody islamists murder islamists afghanistan michaeladebolajo warcriminals attackersburka bbcnews islamexposed skynews svpol akbar husby police islamicextremism evil savages art ira terroristattackschilderswijk newsnight teambigdick teampowerbottom civilwar media bye britain twitter deported mosques stin black love helpforheroes unity audio socialist rigby stockholm islamic #HASHTAGS #muslimgroomers #police RT @PeddRaam: #EDL wearing balaclavas not a proper response #muslimgroomers to #Islamic #burka #jihad #bloody #attackers #London - let the RT @DefiantLionUK: #Islam has enriched #GB with #Muslim- #police work on … Groomers honour killings #FGM ritual slaughter bombings & a public execution. Wa… The text ‘RT @PeddRaam: #EDL wearing balaclavas not a proper response to #Islamic #burka #jihad #bloody #attac’ The text ‘RT @DefiantLionUK: #Islam has enriched #GB with has positive strength 1 and negative strength -2 #MuslimGroomers honour killings #FGM ritual slaughte’ has positive strength 1 and negative strength -2 Approximate classification rationale: RT @PeddRaam :#EDL wear- ing balaclavas not a proper response to #Islamic #burka #jihad Approximate classification rationale: RT @DefiantLionUK[-2] :#Islam #bloody[-2] #attac [sentence: 1,-2] [result:
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