Gephi Visualizations of Twitter User-to-Mention Data for Gun Violence Collections Focused on New York
This visualization demonstrates the high connectivity between popular users and other users and mentions surrounding the pro gun rights side of the debate. The similar colors group together mentions and users that are closely affiliated. Some of the highly popular and closely connected nodes have been pulled out of the loop to bring them into better focus. Due to the high volume of data, font size is small.
This visualization demonstrates the high connectivity between popular users and other users and mentions surrounding the pro gun control side of the debate. YouTube, another social media platform, appeared to be highly connected based on the weight of the lines going to the node. BearingTruth is another user that is highlighted.
Gephi Visualizations of Twitter Mentioned User Data for Gun Violence Collections Focused on New York
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This visualization shows the popular mentioned users for the pro gun rights side of the debate. Users such as the NRA are the most notable nodes in the visualization demonstrating the group's high connectivity and resonance with this side of the debate. Due to the high volume of data, font size is small.
This visualization shows the popular mentioned users for the pro gun control side of the debate. Davidhogg111, a well-known gun control advocate is centered in the diagram with highest amount of connections to other users. The NRA also has strong connections in the visualization, most likely demonstrating the gun control advocates engaging the group in discourse over the debate.
Gephi Visualizations of Twitter Hashtag Data for Gun Violence Collections Focused on New York
This visualization shows the popular hashtags for the pro gun rights side of the debate. 2A, DefendTheSecond, and NRA are some of the most popular hashtags associated with gun rights. These popular hashtags are also strongly associated with the hashtag WomensRights indicating a relationship between them.
This visualization shows the popular hashtags for the pro gun control side of the debate. Similar to the pro gun rights visualization, 2A, DefendTheSecond, and NRA are some of the most popular hashtags associated with the gun control advocates. Key hashtags that better represent the opinions of this side of the debate are also present in this visualization such as GunControlNow and EndNRA.