2014 State of the Union (Gender) - 1/28/2014

This page displays the volume of tweets in response to individual sentences and events during President Obama's speech. Many of the events shown on the transcript (shown by the symbol) are the result of twitter traffic that spiked when the television cameras showed individuals in the audience (e.g., "Eric Cantor reluctantly clapping for immigration reform"). As noted below, approximately equal number of men and woman tweeted about the speech. Go to this page

2014 State of the Union (Red and Blue States) - 1/28/2014

This page displays the volume of tweets in response to individual sentences and events during President Obama's speech, categorized by strong red (Republican) and strong blue (Democrat) states. Our red/blue characterization was based on the 2012 presidential election results, after removing borderline states. (That is, we removed states where the popular vote was close to the national percentages, specifically CO, FL, GA, IA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, VA, and WI.). Note that approximately 62% tweets were from the strong blue states as compared to the strong red states, which is to be expected, given the populations of these states. Go to this page

2014 State of the Union in Spanish (Gender) - 1/28/2014

This page shows the volume of tweets in Spanish by gender in response to individual sentences and events during the speech. Events are shown on the transcript (by the symbol) - these are a result of Twitter traffic about something that isn't directly related to a sentence. (e.g., "Obama is about to speak."). There was an approximately 60/40 split of men and woman tweeting about the speech, but woman had a higher volume about particular issues. Go to this page

2013 State of the Union (Gender) - 2/12/2013

This page shows the volume of tweets by gender in response to individual sentences and events during the speech. Many of the events shown on the transcript (shown by the symbol) are the result of twitter traffic that spiked when the television cameras showed individuals in the audience (e.g., "There’s Apple’s CEO Tim Cook sitting front and center"). As noted below, approximately equal number of men and woman tweeted about the speech, but woman responded more vigorously to particular issues. Go to this page

2013 State of the Union (Red and Blue States) - 2/12/2013

This page shows the volume of tweets in response to individual sentences and events during the speech, categorized by strong red (Republican) and strong blue (Democrat) states. Our red/blue characterization was based on the 2012 presidential election results, after removing borderline states. (That is, we removed states where the popular vote was close to the national percentages, specifically CO, FL, GA, IA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, VA, and WI.). Note that approximately 70% tweets were from the strong blue states as compared to the strong red states, which is to be expected, given the populations of these states. Go to this page

2013 President Obama Inaguration (Gender) - 1/21/2013

This page displays the volume of tweets by gender in response to individual sentences and events during Obama's 2013 inauguration speech. Interestingly, according to our estimates, only 43% of the tweets were by men, while 67% were by women. Go to this page

2012 UN General Assembly - Netanyahu (Gender) - 9/27/2012

This page shows the volume of English-language tweets in response to individual sentences and events during Netanyahu's thirty-minute speech, categorized by gender. Approximately 64% if the tweets were from males, and 36% from females, according to our analysis. Overall response was low, compared to some of the other speeches listed here, so our results are not as clear. Go to this page

2012 State of the Union (Gender) - 1/24/2012

This page shows the volume of tweets by gender in response to individual sentences and events during the speech. Many of the events shown on the transcript (shown by the symbol) are the result of twitter traffic that spiked when the television cameras showed individuals in the audience (e.g., "What happened to John Kerry's face?"). Go to this page

2012 State of the Union (Red and Blue States) - 1/24/2012

This page shows the volume of tweets in response to individual sentences and events during the speech, categorized by strong red (Republican) and strong blue (Democrat) states. Our red/blue characterization was based on the 2012 presidential election results, after removing borderline states. (That is, we removed states where the popular vote was close to the national percentages, specifically CO, FL, GA, IA, MI, MN, NC, NH, NM, NV, OH, OR, PA, VA, and WI.). Note that approximately twice as many tweets were from the strong blue states as compared to the strong red states, which is to be expected, given the populations of these states. Go to this page