Moralized Tweets Indicate Escalation Toward Violence (IMAGE)

University of Southern California

Moralized Tweets Indicate Escalation Toward Violence

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A new study by researchers at USC, Northwestern University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute analyzed tweets during Baltimore's Freddie Gray protests and found the intensity of moral rhetoric indicates when the protests are about to turn violent.

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