Study Finds a Profane Difference on Social Media
 
Study Finds a Profane Difference on Social Media
Written By Micah Clark   |   09.28.15
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There is a new study from Queen Mary University in London, England, which looked at the words used on Twitter.  Keep in mind that Twitter is an Internet medium that only allows posts of up to 140 characters in length – two short sentences at best.

The study of over 10,000 Twitter users found that “left-wingers” (ya gotta love the Brits’ adjectives) use profanity far more often than “right-wingers” on social media.

The study stripped out all the common words and looked at differentiating words between Republicans and Democrats.  Remarkably, the obscenities that begin with “F” and “S” made the list of Democrats’ top 20 words.  Among Republicans’ top 20 words were “God” and “America.”    They also found that Republicans were more likely to use words “we” and “our” whereas Democrats used the words “I” and “me” more often.  Democrats were more likely to use the word “love” or “like” and to talk about feelings.  Republicans using Twitter mentioned “Obama” or “Obamacare” far more often than Democrats.

Micah Clark
In 1989 Micah Clark graduated from Southwest Baptist University in Bolivar, Missouri with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Micah interned as a member of the Indiana House of Representatives’ Republican staff and later became an Assistant Campaign Manager for a State Senator. Micah then served as a legislative assistant for Citizens Concerned for the Constitution. He served as the Indiana Family Institute’s Director of Public Policy, and later as its Executive Director, throughout the 1990’s. Micah is the only person to have served with all three of Indiana’s top statewide pro-family organizations. In November 2001, Micah became the Executive...
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