Includes both text and a short video. I wonder if they screened for bots producing stigmatizing messages....
With the help of a software to analyze comments and sentiments posted on the social media, a group of researchers have found that more than half of the tweets by private Twitter account users contained stigma. This is especially true when pertaining to Alzheimer's disease and the people who are suffering from this condition.
This new software was developed by the researchers from Oregon State University to analyze social media comments and to better understand the human behavior and tendencies that can cause stigma and reinforce stereotypes, Science Daily reported.
The newly developed software is said to be applicable to other questions related to science research, and according to the researchers, most people make the mistake of overlooking the power of social media to surpass the type of verbal or face-to-face communication that everybody has gotten used to. People do not think of the way that their posts or comments would actually make an impact to the readers