Close X
Thursday, December 12, 2024
ADVT 
International

Americans More Negative On Twitter Than Canadians: Study

Darpan News Desk IANS, 22 Nov, 2018 12:56 PM
    With their choice of words on Twitter, Americans appear to be living up to their national stereotype as negative and assertive, while Canadians tend to be nice and polite on the microblogging platform, suggests an analysis of nearly 40 million tweets.
     
     
    Canadians were far more positive on Twitter, using words such as great, thanks, good, amazing, and happy. Americans tended to use more negative words like hate, miss, mad, feel, swear, tired, said the study published online in the journal PLOS ONE.
     
     
    "The Twitter behaviour we observe doesn't actually reflect the real underlying personality profile of an average American or Canadian," said study co-author Daniel Schmidtke from McMaster University in Hamilton, Canada. 
     
     
    For the study, the researchers isolated the words, emoticons, and emojis used most disproportionately on Twitter by individuals from each country.
     
     
    The findings suggest national stereotypes are grounded - at least partially - in the words we choose. 
     
     
    "The most distinctive word choices of Americans and Canadians on Twitter paint a very accurate and familiar picture of the stereotypes we associate with people from these nations," Schmidtke said.
     
     
    However, there is not any hard evidence to support that an average American's and average Canadian's personality traits are different.
     
     
    The team argues that their results show an identity construction strategy in action: Canadians and Americans may create their national character stereotype through their language use.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu US Lawmaker, Could Run For President In 2020

    Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu US Lawmaker, Could Run For President In 2020
    Tulsi Gabbard, a Democrat, who addressed a gathering in Los Angeles recently, neither confirmed or denied that she is running for president in 2020.

    Tulsi Gabbard, First Hindu US Lawmaker, Could Run For President In 2020

    Over Four Decade Old Krishna Idols Stolen From Swaminarayan Temple Hours After Diwali Celebrations

    Three precious Krishna idols dating back to the 1970s were among the items stolen in a burglary at a Swaminarayan temple in north London, according to the temple authorities.

    Over Four Decade Old Krishna Idols Stolen From Swaminarayan Temple Hours After Diwali Celebrations

    IMF Dissatisfied With Pakistan's Fiscal Policies: Reports

    IMF Dissatisfied With Pakistan's Fiscal Policies: Reports
    Pakistan may ask the IMF for up to $6 billion and if approved, it would be Pakistan's 13th rescue package from the multilateral lender since the late 1980s.  

    IMF Dissatisfied With Pakistan's Fiscal Policies: Reports

    Indian Ex-Tesla Employee Charged In Us$ 9.3 Mn Embezzlement Scheme

    Indian Ex-Tesla Employee Charged In Us$ 9.3 Mn Embezzlement Scheme
    A 32-year-old Indian man, a former employee at American electric car manufacturer Tesla, has been charged for allegedly stealing US$ 9.3 million from the company by falsifying financial documents to divert payments from one supplier to another.

    Indian Ex-Tesla Employee Charged In Us$ 9.3 Mn Embezzlement Scheme

    UK Police Officer Jailed For Killing Indian-Origin Shopkeeper Balvinder Singh

    UK Police Officer Jailed For Killing Indian-Origin Shopkeeper Balvinder Singh
    A police officer in the UK has been jailed for 18 months for causing the death of an Indian-origin shopkeeper by dangerous driving.

    UK Police Officer Jailed For Killing Indian-Origin Shopkeeper Balvinder Singh

    Most Pakistanis Don't Know What Internet Is: Survey

    Most Pakistanis Don't Know What Internet Is: Survey
    Around 69 per cent Pakistanis between the ages of 15 and 65 do not know what the internet is, an information communication technology (ICT)-based survey has revealed.

    Most Pakistanis Don't Know What Internet Is: Survey