How do mass shootings shape the social media discourse on guns in the US Congress? Causal discovery and topic modeling

Published in PLOS Global Public Health · View the paper (DOI)

A study published in PLOS Global Public Health found that US Congress members' social media responses to mass shootings vary along party lines. Democratic congressmembers are more likely to post about guns, framing their responses in terms of community, victims, and legislature, whereas Republican members focus on Second Amendment righ...

How do mass shootings shape the social media discourse on guns in the US Congress? Causal discovery and topic modeling

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