Of Hags and bitches. Ageist attitudes in 2016 presidential debate on twitter

Abstract

In this article we present our exploratory research into the occurrence of ageist attitudes within the discussion related to the US 2016 presidential election. We use natural processing techniques to analyze the content tweets related to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Content analysis shows that although ageist attitudes are scarce in the discussion, they are mostly focused on Hillary Clinton rather than Donald Trump. Also, ageist arguments against Donald Trump appear mostly as a reply to controversies connected with the health of Hillary Clinton.

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