ABSTRACT

This study analyses the complex emotions and level of user engagement associated with mentions of Russia by Lithuanian socio-political influencers on publicly available Facebook posts between 2015 and 2020. Using the CrowdTangle API and a mixed methods approach to data, we examined four potentially sensitive periods – around elections, a political corruption scandal, and during the first COVID-19-related national lockdowns, annotated for emotion and topic content and analyzed with quantitative modeling of emotion data coupled with qualitative analysis of posts in order to contextualize results. Curiously, we found no heightened negativity expressed toward Russia around election time. We identified, however, considerable anger and contempt beneath the overall veneer of happiness in our sampled posts, with posts mentioning Russia generally containing more negative emotions.

摘要

本研究分析了 2015 年至 2020 年间立陶宛社会政治影响者在公开的 Facebook 帖子中提及俄罗斯所带来的复杂情绪和用户参与程度。使用 CrowdTangle API 和混合方法处理数据，我们研究了四个潜在敏感时期– 围绕选举、政治腐败丑闻以及第一次与 COVID-19 相关的国家封锁期间，对情绪和主题内容进行注释，并通过情绪数据的定量建模和帖子的定性分析进行分析，以便将结果置于情境中。奇怪的是，我们发现选举期间对俄罗斯的负面情绪并没有加剧。然而，我们在抽样帖子中发现，在幸福的整体外表下，存在着相当大的愤怒和蔑视，