Table 2.
Distribution of positive and negative emotions in posts about immigrants vs. posts about other topics.
| Posts about immigrants | Posts about other topics |
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|---|---|---|---|
| 86,462 | 402,462 | ||
| Positive emotion (%) Mean (Standard error) |
Senticnet | 3.8 (5.6) | 5.8 (10.3) |
| LIWC | 3.7 (8.3) | 4.1 (11.1) | |
| Negative emotion (%) Mean (Standard error) |
Senticnet | 2.8 (4.4) | 2.6 (5.2) |
| LIWC | 2.2 (5.5) | 2.1 (6.9) |