The Egyptian protest movement in the twittersphere: An investigation of dual sentiment pathways of communication

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Highlights:

• Both Arabic and English tweet data during the Egyptian protest are collected.

• An alternative to collect archived and enormous tweets, which is impossible with Search API, is suggested.

• Anger, fear, pride and, hope among emotion is an important driving force for protest.

摘要

•Both Arabic and English tweet data during the Egyptian protest are collected.•An alternative to collect archived and enormous tweets, which is impossible with Search API, is suggested.•Anger, fear, pride and, hope among emotion is an important driving force for protest.

论文关键词:Egyptian social movement,Emotional and,Goal seeking pathways,Protest communication,Social media communications,Big data

论文评审过程:Received 7 October 2020, Revised 31 January 2021, Accepted 31 January 2021, Available online 16 February 2021, Version of Record 16 February 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2021.102328