#ReproHealth: a state-based investigation of reproductive health rights policy and social media activity

Morgan, Corrin; Alexander, Erika; Watts, Jerome; Noble, Aaron; Haimson, Oliver L.

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Title

#ReproHealth: a state-based investigation of reproductive health rights policy and social media activity

Author(s)

Morgan, Corrin; Alexander, Erika; Watts, Jerome; Noble, Aaron; Haimson, Oliver L.

Issue Date

2016-03-15

Keyword(s)

• social media
• policy
• reproductive health
• Twitter

Abstract

Social media is a critical avenue for national discourse – raising awareness, advocating for specific campaigns, mocking current events, and truly revealing the pulse of a nation though the lens of its citizens. With the current fascination regarding big data, there is a push towards discovering correlations between one’s behavior online and their actions in the physical world. Our research seeks to establish a correlation between social media activity and policy in the context of reproductive health. We analyzed state-based reproductive rights policy along with Twitter activity related to reproductive health issues, and found a significant correlation between online political discourse within states and those states’ political and policy-oriented leanings on reproductive health.

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iSchools

Series/Report Name or Number

IConference 2016 Proceedings

Type of Resource

text

Language

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/89391

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https://doi.org/10.9776/16468

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