Fig. 1: Linguistic differences between violent and nonviolent rioters at the Capitol Breach in their social media posts prior to January 6th, 2021. | Communications Psychology

Fig. 1: Linguistic differences between violent and nonviolent rioters at the Capitol Breach in their social media posts prior to January 6th, 2021.

From: Online language of violent rioters displayed weak group affiliation preceding the U.S. Capitol Breach

Fig. 1

Linguistic inquiry word count (LIWC-22) was performed on social media posts of 26 violent and 55 nonviolent rioters charged for participation at the U.S. Capitol Breach. The figure compares both groups on two different indices from LIWC, these being unquestioning affiliation and analytic language. Means and 95% confidence intervals are depicted in red.

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