Terror Management and Twitter : The Case of the 2016 Berlin Terrorist Attack

Fischer, Diana; Schwemmer, Carsten; Fischbach, Kai

Terror Management and Twitter : The Case of the 2016 Berlin Terrorist Attack

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Date

2018

Authors

Fischer, Diana

Schwemmer, Carsten

Fischbach, Kai

DOI (citable link)

10.31235/osf.io/964dc

Collections

Politik- und Verwaltungswissenschaft

Publication type

Contribution to a conference collection

Publication status

Published

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Conference Proceedings : 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management : ISCRAM 2018 / Boersma, Kees; Tomaszewski, Brian (ed.). - Rochester, NY, USA : International Association for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, 2018. - pp. 459-468. - ISBN 978-0-692-12760-5

Abstract

There is evidence that people increasingly use social networking sites like Twitter in the aftermath of terrorist attacks to make sense of the events at the collective level. This work-in-progress paper focuses on the content of Twitter messages related to the 2016 terrorist attack on the Berlin Christmas market. We chose topic modeling to investigate the Twitter data and the terror management theory perspective to understand why people used Twitter in the aftermath of the attack. In particular, by connecting people and providing a real-time communication channel, Twitter helps its users collectively negotiate their worldviews and re-establish self-esteem. We provide first results and discuss next steps.

Subject (DDC)

320 Politics

Keywords

Terrorist attacks, social networking sites, social media, Twitter, topic modeling, terror management, sensemaking

Conference

ISCRAM 2018 : 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis response and Management, May 20, 2018 - May 23, 2018, Rochester NY, USA

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FISCHER, Diana, Carsten SCHWEMMER, Kai FISCHBACH, 2018. Terror Management and Twitter : The Case of the 2016 Berlin Terrorist Attack. ISCRAM 2018 : 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis response and Management. Rochester NY, USA, May 20, 2018 - May 23, 2018. In: BOERSMA, Kees, ed., Brian TOMASZEWSKI, ed.. Conference Proceedings : 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management : ISCRAM 2018. Rochester, NY, USA:International Association for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management, pp. 459-468. ISBN 978-0-692-12760-5. Available under: doi: 10.31235/osf.io/964dc

BibTex

@inproceedings{Fischer2018Terro-44479,
  year={2018},
  doi={10.31235/osf.io/964dc},
  title={Terror Management and Twitter : The Case of the 2016 Berlin Terrorist Attack},
  isbn={978-0-692-12760-5},
  publisher={International Association for Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management},
  address={Rochester, NY, USA},
  booktitle={Conference Proceedings : 15th International Conference on Information Systems for Crisis Response and Management : ISCRAM 2018},
  pages={459--468},
  editor={Boersma, Kees and Tomaszewski, Brian},
  author={Fischer, Diana and Schwemmer, Carsten and Fischbach, Kai},
  note={Article Number: 119}
}

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