Are you Charlie or Ahmed? Cultural pluralism in Charlie Hebdo response on Twitter

• Main Authors: AN, Jisun, KWAK, Haewoon, MEJOVA, Yelena, DE OGER, Sonia Alonso Saenz, FORTES, Braulio Gomez
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Social Media
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/5337; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/6341/viewcontent/SIGCHI_Conference_Proceedings_Format.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

We study the response to the Charlie Hebdo shootings of January 7, 2015 on Twitter across the globe. We ask whether the stances on the issue of freedom of speech can be modeled using established sociological theories, including Huntington’s culturalist Clash of Civilizations, and those taking into c...