Opening up #jesuisCharlie. Anatomy of a Twitter discussion with mixed methods

Abstract

<dd></dd><dt>•</dt><dd><p>The analysis was based on a large-scale corpus of tweets in English in the Twitter discussion with the hashtag #jesuisCharlie.</p></dd><dt>•</dt><dd><p>The analysis was conducted sequentially with mixed methods: language technology method, quantitative analysis of modality, and digital discourse analysis of the opinions expressed in the tweets.</p></dd><dt>•</dt><dd><p>The data contained multiple topics that were organized into five clusters.</p></dd><dt>•</dt><dd><p>One of the clusters was more modalized than others.</p></dd><dt>•</dt><dd><p>All of the clusters contained expressions of affectivity and solidarity, but they also contained diversified and polarized opinions.</p></dd>