These 6 charts show how much sexism Hillary Clinton faces on Twitter

TY - ICOMM

T1 - These 6 charts show how much sexism Hillary Clinton faces on Twitter

AU - Tromble, Rebekah

AU - Hovy, Dirk

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - As the Democratic presidential primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has grown much closer, some commentators suggest that Clinton's campaign is being bombarded with sexist invective - especially from Sanders supporters. But based on systematic analysis of recent Twitter data, we find that little of the attacks directed at Clinton can be attributed to the left in general or Sanders supporters in particular. And a remarkably small number of tweets mentioning Clinton contain the most egregious and overt forms of sexism: gendered slurs.

AB - As the Democratic presidential primary contest between Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders has grown much closer, some commentators suggest that Clinton's campaign is being bombarded with sexist invective - especially from Sanders supporters. But based on systematic analysis of recent Twitter data, we find that little of the attacks directed at Clinton can be attributed to the left in general or Sanders supporters in particular. And a remarkably small number of tweets mentioning Clinton contain the most egregious and overt forms of sexism: gendered slurs.

M3 - Net publication - Internet publication

ER -