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The Drift of #MyBodyMyChoice Discourse on Twitter

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Year:
2022
Contributor:
Menghini, Cristina (Author)
Uhr, Justin (Author)
Haddadan, Shahrzad (Author)
Champagne, Ashley (Author)
Sandstede, Björn (Author)
Ramachandran, Sohini (Author)
Subject:
data science
Brown University Library
social media analysis
digital humanities
COVID
Twitter
topic change
hashtags
Center for Digital Scholarship
DOI
https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.04898

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Abstract:
MyBodyMyChoice is a well-known hashtag originally created to advocate for women’s rights, often used in discourse about abortion and bodily autonomy. The Covid-19 outbreak prompted governments to take containment measures such as vaccination campaigns and mask mandates. Population groups opposed to such measures started to use the slogan “My Body My Choice” to claim their bodily autonomy. In this paper, we investigate whether the discourse around the hashtag #MyBodyMyChoice on Twitter changed its usage after the Covid-19 outbreak. We observe that the conversation around the hashtag changed in two ways. First, semantically, the hashtag #MyBodyMyChoice drifted towards conversations around Covid-19, especially in messages opposed to containment measures. Second, while before the pandemic users used to share content produced by experts and authorities, after Covid-19 the users’ attention has shifted towards individuals.

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Menghini, Cristina, Uhr, Justin, Haddadan, Shahrzad, et al., "The Drift of #MyBodyMyChoice Discourse on Twitter" (2022). Open Publications at Brown, Brown University Library Staff Scholarly Works, Center for Digital Scholarship. Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2205.04898

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