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What affects one, affects all: utilizing tweets to measure the sentiment of New Jersey communities approaching the "SNAP gap"
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Mascuilli, Tory Richard. What affects one, affects all: utilizing tweets to measure the sentiment of New Jersey communities approaching the "SNAP gap". Retrieved from https://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-hdc0-4618

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TitleWhat affects one, affects all: utilizing tweets to measure the sentiment of New Jersey communities approaching the "SNAP gap"
NameMascuilli, Tory Richard (author); Hart, Daniel (chair); Allred, Sarah (internal member); Atkins, Robert (internal member); Rutgers University; Camden Graduate School
Date Created2021
Other Date2021-05 (degree)
SubjectNegative affect, Psychology
Extent1 online resource (iv, 18 pages) : illustrations
DescriptionThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) provides monthly funding to low-income participants to buy food. Research has shown that this supplemental assistance is insufficient to cover an entire month’s needs, leading to a period of time referred to as the “SNAP gap,” during which benefits have been depleted. Food insecurity, amplified by the exhaustion of SNAP benefits, may increase negative emotions, which may be detected at the community level. The current study examined the possibility that as food insecurity increased over the course of a month as SNAP benefits were exhausted in areas heavily dependent on SNAP so too would negative affect measured at the level of the community. To test for this effect, tweets were collected from each of the 21 county seats of New Jersey, and coded for emotion words. Negative affect words peaked during the SNAP gap. The effect was more pronounced in communities with higher levels of poverty. Implications and directions for future research are discussed.
NoteM.A.
NoteIncludes bibliographical references
Genretheses, ETD graduate
Persistent URLhttps://doi.org/doi:10.7282/t3-hdc0-4618
LanguageEnglish
CollectionCamden Graduate School Electronic Theses and Dissertations
Organization NameRutgers, The State University of New Jersey
RightsThe author owns the copyright to this work.
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