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. 2021 Jul 16;7(29):eabe6534. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abe6534

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Fig. 2 — All time series are rescaled between 0 (low interest) and 100 (peak interest) to represent rate of usage relative to the highest point for the given time window. For each n-gram (case insensitive), we display weekly interest over time using Storywrangler for all tweets (AT, black) and originally authored tweets (OT, blue), comparing that with Google Trends (orange) (32) and cable TV news (green) (8). (A) Similar social attention to working from home across media sources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. (B) Discourse of unemployment continues to fluctuate on Twitter in contrast to other mainstream media sources. (C) Usage of the bigram fake news. (D) Discussion of the QAnon conspiracy theory. (E) Mentions of “Antifa” on digital media. (F) Social attention of fans in various arenas as part of the ever-changing pop culture. (G) A growing social movement organized by longtime fans of Britney Spears regarding her conservatorship. (H) Official Twitter handle for the South Korean K-pop band: Twice. (I) Conversations surrounding fitness trends, which occasionally pop up in news via commercial advertisement. (J) Volatility of collective attention to fashion trends.