Twitter-derived measures of sentiment towards minorities (2015–2016) and associations with low birth weight and preterm birth in the United States

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Highlights：

• Wide geographic variation exists in sentiment towards racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S.

• Positive sentiment was lowest among tweets that reference Middle Easterners and blacks.

• Lower area-level positive sentiment was related to worse birth outcomes.

• Associations with birth outcomes were similar across the full population and subgroups.

摘要

•Wide geographic variation exists in sentiment towards racial/ethnic minorities in the U.S.•Positive sentiment was lowest among tweets that reference Middle Easterners and blacks.•Lower area-level positive sentiment was related to worse birth outcomes.•Associations with birth outcomes were similar across the full population and subgroups.

论文关键词：Social media,Birth outcomes,Minority groups,Discrimination,Geography,Big data

论文评审过程：Received 10 January 2018, Revised 2 August 2018, Accepted 6 August 2018, Available online 9 August 2018, Version of Record 23 August 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.08.010