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#4645Boricuas: Twitter reactions to the estimates of deaths by Hurricane María in Puerto Rico
Author(s) -
GarcíaRamírez Grisel M.,
Bogen Katherine W.,
RodríguezGuzmán Von M.,
Nugent Nicole,
Orchowski Lindsay M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.585
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1520-6629
pISSN - 0090-4392
DOI - 10.1002/jcop.22295
Subject(s) - social media , natural disaster , thematic analysis , hurricane katrina , thematic map , resilience (materials science) , politics , psychological resilience , geography , volunteered geographic information , psychology , sociology , cartography , political science , social science , qualitative research , computer science , social psychology , world wide web , meteorology , physics , law , thermodynamics
Abstract This study explores the sentiment expressed by Twitter users after the Harvard University report was released, reporting a death estimate of 4,645 Puerto Ricans following Hurricane María. Researchers utilized the NVivo addition NCapture to collect Twitter data including the hashtag #4645Boricuas. Thematic content analyses explored emergent themes within the hashtag. Geographic information systems (GIS) documented the location of Tweets and differences across geographical locations among Twitter users. The themes that emerged in #4645Boricuas included: disaster phases, media, psychological processes, and politics. GIS documented that Tweets from Puerto Rico were more likely to discuss themes of psychological processes, politics, and resilience compared with disaster phases or media. The present data highlights how individuals engage with Twitter to cope following the trauma of natural disasters.