Gab: The alt-right social media platform

Yuchen Zhou, Mark Dredze, David A. Broniatowski, William D. Adler

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Abstract

This study proposes the use of Gab as a vehicle for politicalscience research regarding modern American politics and the Alt-Rightpopulation. We collect several million Gab messages posted on Gab website from August 2016 to February 2018. We conduct a preliminary analysis of Gab platform related to site use, growth and topics, which showsthat Gab is a reasonable resource for Alt-Right study.

Original languageEnglish (US)
StatePublished - 2018
Externally publishedYes
Event2018 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, BRiMS 2018 - Washington, United States
Duration: Jul 10 2018Jul 13 2018

Conference

Conference2018 International Conference on Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling, and Prediction and Behavior Representation in Modeling and Simulation, BRiMS 2018
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityWashington
Period7/10/187/13/18

Keywords

  • Alt-Right
  • Gab
  • politics
  • topic model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Human-Computer Interaction
  • Modeling and Simulation

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