Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons
This study investigated 3.50 million Facebook reactions collected from 9,429 Bangladeshi news items about rape shared on social media from 2016 to 2021. The primary aim of this study was to understand users' different reaction patterns based on the five major Facebook reactions (i.e., *love*, *...
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| description | This study investigated 3.50 million Facebook reactions collected from 9,429 Bangladeshi news items about rape shared on social media from 2016 to 2021. The primary aim of this study was to understand users' different reaction patterns based on the five major Facebook reactions (i.e., *love*, *haha*, *wow*, *sad*, and *angry*). Based on the theories of emotion, we quantitatively answer one research question: How do social media users react to rape with the five major Facebook reactions? The results suggest that users are more likely to express disdain toward rape and sympathy toward the victims using Facebook reactions by using the *angry* button, along with the *sad* button. In rape news, both reactions are consistent and maintain a strong positive correlation, meaning they increase and decrease together. Although many users tend to mock and laugh at rape incidents and the victims, trend lines suggest that such expressions may not be consistent with time. Despite contextual relevance, we presume that in socially and morally unacceptable events like rape and war, the valences of reactions alter to some extent: angry and sad usually become positive, while *love*, *wow*, and *haha* become negative. Some strengths and limitations of the study are discussed as well. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-4ab7b3b521744acbb8faef5e99f8e42f2025-08-20T03:45:23ZengANPOR KoreaAsian Journal for Public Opinion Research2288-61682022-02-0110110.15206/ajpor.2022.10.1.51Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction ButtonsMd. Sayeed Al-ZamanTasnuva Alam AhonaThis study investigated 3.50 million Facebook reactions collected from 9,429 Bangladeshi news items about rape shared on social media from 2016 to 2021. The primary aim of this study was to understand users' different reaction patterns based on the five major Facebook reactions (i.e., *love*, *haha*, *wow*, *sad*, and *angry*). Based on the theories of emotion, we quantitatively answer one research question: How do social media users react to rape with the five major Facebook reactions? The results suggest that users are more likely to express disdain toward rape and sympathy toward the victims using Facebook reactions by using the *angry* button, along with the *sad* button. In rape news, both reactions are consistent and maintain a strong positive correlation, meaning they increase and decrease together. Although many users tend to mock and laugh at rape incidents and the victims, trend lines suggest that such expressions may not be consistent with time. Despite contextual relevance, we presume that in socially and morally unacceptable events like rape and war, the valences of reactions alter to some extent: angry and sad usually become positive, while *love*, *wow*, and *haha* become negative. Some strengths and limitations of the study are discussed as well.https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2022.10.1.51 |
| spellingShingle | Md. Sayeed Al-Zaman Tasnuva Alam Ahona Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons Asian Journal for Public Opinion Research |
| title | Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons |
| title_full | Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons |
| title_fullStr | Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons |
| title_full_unstemmed | Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons |
| title_short | Users' Reactions to Rape News Shared on Social Media: An Analysis of Five Facebook Reaction Buttons |
| title_sort | users reactions to rape news shared on social media an analysis of five facebook reaction buttons |
| url | https://doi.org/10.15206/ajpor.2022.10.1.51 |
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