Mapping and Exploring the Dynamics of Inequality Narratives Through Social Media

Cartographie et exploration des dynamiques des récits sur les inégalités à travers les réseaux sociaux

Laura Spillner, Carlo Santagiustina, Thomas Mildner and Robert Porzel ()
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Laura Spillner: Universität Bremen [Deutschland] = University of Bremen [Germany] = Université de Brême [Allemagne]
Thomas Mildner: Universität Bremen [Deutschland] = University of Bremen [Germany] = Université de Brême [Allemagne]
Robert Porzel: Universität Bremen [Deutschland] = University of Bremen [Germany] = Université de Brême [Allemagne]

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Abstract: In this work, we apply a hybrid-AI framework to analyse online discourse about inequality on Twitter. Our approach integrates knowledge from natural language understanding, knowledge graph-based semantics, and network analysis to identify narratives around inequality and analyse their changes during the COVID pandemic. We present a two-step approach: A bird's-eye perspective on the overall discourse network around inequality maps how the entities, concepts, and events of the narratives are connected by linking these to existing knowledge graphs and can be filtered on tweet metadata such as time. Two connected entities can then be explored in more detail in a fine-grained analysis of how the entities and their relationship are characterised by social media users, highlighting the diffusion of different perspectives on a given topic related to inequality, such as gender, education, and poverty.

Keywords: Social media; Social networking sites; Network analysis; Natural language understanding; Knowledge graphs; Inequality; Inequality perceptions; Socio-economic inequalities; Socio-economic inequality; Socio-economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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Published in Luc Steels; Frank van Harmelen. Narrative-based Understanding of Society, 2025, ⟨10.5281/zenodo.15093258⟩

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DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.15093258

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