Topic Modelling and Sentiment Analysis of Tweets Related to Freedom Convoy 2022 in Canada

ABSTRACT: Objectives: This study aimed to investigate public discourses and sentiments regarding the Freedom Convoy in Canada on Twitter. Methods: English tweets were retrieved from Twitter API from 15 January to 14 February 2022 when the Freedom Convoy occurred. Unsupervised topic modelling and sentiment analysis were applied to identify topics and sentiments for each topic. Results: Five topics resulted from the topic modelling, including convoy support, political arguments toward the current prime minister, lifting vaccine mandates, police activities, and convoy fundraising. Overall, sentiments for each topic began with more positive or negative sentiments but approached to neutral over time. Conclusion: The results show that sentiments towards the Freedom Convoy generally tended to be positive.

SUBMITTER: Huang S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9649435 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature