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Post-Roe v. Wade Social Media Debate in Italy
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About
This collection focuses on the heated social media discussion in Italy surrounding the topic of abortion and termination of pregnancy, specifically following the American ruling on June 25, 2022, that overturned the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision. It captures the immediate impact and subsequent debate, attempting to investigate the public perception of this crucial social issue through quantitative and qualitative topic analysis. The discussion peaked dramatically on June 25th, generating almost 20,000 tweets in Italian using keywords such as "aborto" and "abortire."
Columns
- Index column: A sequential indexing field for the records.
- author_id: The unique numerical identifier for the author of the tweet.
- author_name: The full name associated with the author’s account.
- author_username: The author's unique handle on the platform.
- created_at: The timestamp indicating the creation date of the tweet.
- id: The unique identifier for the specific tweet.
- public_metrics: A nested field providing engagement statistics, including the count of retweets, replies, likes, and quotes.
- text: The full content of the tweet message.
- retweet_count: The recorded number of times the tweet was retweeted by others.
- like_count: The recorded number of times the tweet received a like.
Distribution
The data is a corpus of 46,382 individual tweets. The raw data file, named
aborto.csv, is approximately 17.3 MB in size and contains 12 columns in total (before dropping junk columns). The data is structured with 45.9k valid records across all primary fields.Usage
This dataset is highly useful for socio-linguistic research, social issue advocacy analysis, and political science studies focused on media response. It is ideal for performing topic modelling, sentiment analysis, and investigating the evolution of online discourse. Researchers can use it to understand how international legal changes influence domestic social dialogue.
Coverage
The geographical scope is focused on Italy, utilising Italian language tweets. The temporal coverage spans from 23 June 2022 to 4 July 2022. The most intense period of data collection was 25 June 2022. The dataset will not receive any future updates.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
- Academic Researchers: Analysing the rapid shift in public opinion or media narratives following international legal events.
- Data Scientists: Building natural language processing (NLP) models tailored for the Italian language.
- Journalists and Think Tanks: Quantifying and reporting on the severity and direction of the abortion debate in Italy.
Dataset Name Suggestions
- Italian Abortion Discourse on Twitter (June 2022)
- Post-Roe v. Wade Social Media Debate in Italy
- Corpus of Italian Tweets on Termination of Pregnancy
Attributes
Original Data Source:Post-Roe v. Wade Social Media Debate in Italy
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