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The Patterns Behind the “Most Shared” NYTimes Articles
- seizethecheese 13y agoThis analysis is superficial and overcomplicated. Here's the answer: the article's that you find in the most-emailed list are what older less tech-savvy folks would share. The twitter-only list is the reverse. I'd like to see an analysis that mines the articles and shows word frequencies for twitter-only vs email-only articles. Hmmm maybe I'll do this ;)
- protonfish 13y agoI see something totally different. The email sharers are older and conservative, the Twitter users are younger and liberal. Older people are finally comfortable with email but not new forms of information sharing. Also, conservative groups prefer to use email to spread hate propaganda because it is less public and hard to trace the source.
- jasonshen 13y agoI think we are on the same page here actually. I talk about how email sharing is around health and aging - topics that address older folks and Twitter sharing is around breaking news w/ an international bent + business and tech. Not sure if I've seen a lot of evidence for liberal vs conservative but could be.
- protonfish 13y agoMaybe I read too much into it. Sure there are mentions of Paul Ryan and Utah on the email side and things like "Budding Liberal Protest Movements Begin to Take Root in South" on Twitter but that is not enough to draw a conclusion. Especially because the Ryan and Utah articles are not pro-conservative. I guess what struck me is the fear on the email side - the headlines are of the sensational news style of "What you don't know could kill you" plus the common topics of safety and security. The Twitter headlines have a more optimistic feel (and some are clearly fluff.) Compare the headlines abut recent news in Russia: "Is Crimea the Next Yugoslavia?" vs. "If Not a Cold War, a Return to a Chilly Rivalry"
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