#BlackLivesMatter Turns 10: Social Media and Online Activism

Organization: Pew Research Center

Tools: Python, R, Twitter API, survey methods, network analysis, NLP

Tags: computational social science, social media, public opinion, text analysis, network analysis, surveys

This report analyzes how the #BlackLivesMatter movement has unfolded online over the past decade and how Americans engage with social and political issues on social media. It combines large-scale computational analysis of more than 44 million public tweets containing the hashtag with a nationally representative survey of U.S. adults to examine discourse patterns, sentiment, topical themes, and public experiences with online activism.

What I did

I contributed to the computational analysis of large-scale social media data, including data labeling, measurement design, and interpretation of patterns in online discourse, and helped translate technical findings into accessible research insights for public audiences.