Both "f***" and "s***" appeared in left-wingers' 20 most common differentiating words. Conservatives, who "are more likely to emphasise group identity and consensus" according to the researchers, tended to use group terms like "we" and "our", while terms like "I" and "me" were used by liberals more often.
Friday, September 18, 2015
Weird Communications Science
The Telegraph (U.K.) reports a study done on the Twitter feeds of Democrats and Republicans looking at frequency of word usage. The headline: "Left-wingers swear more." Are you surprised? I wasn't.
