As part of the War on Terror, the US conducted at least 378 air and drone strikes in Yemen from 2002 to 2023. While primarily targeting members of al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), these strikes have killed over 1,000 people, including more than 125 civilians. This research aims to understand the broader societal impact of US military action as shown on Twitter, now known as ‘X’. The authors take a mixed-methods approach, using both qualitative and quantitative data to investigate this impact. They perform word- and tweet-level analyses on the content and sentiment of a subset of Yemeni Twitter users and contrast the content of Yemeni users’ tweets about US drone strikes with that of US users’ tweets. Finally, the article quantifies the temporal relationship between the frequency and severity of US drone strikes and Twitter activity levels in Yemen, considering the prevalence of Twitter bots.

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使用 Twitter 数据调查对美国无人机袭击也门的反应

作为反恐战争的一部分，2002 年至 2023 年间，美国在也门进行了至少 378 次空中和无人机袭击。这些袭击虽然主要针对阿拉伯半岛基地组织 (AQAP) 成员，但已造成 1,000 多人死亡，其中包括超过125名平民。这项研究旨在了解 Twitter 上显示的美国军事行动（现在称为“X”）所产生的更广泛的社会影响。作者采用混合方法，使用定性和定量数据来研究这种影响。他们对部分也门 Twitter 用户的内容和情绪进行了单词和推文级别的分析，并将也门用户关于美国无人机袭击的推文内容与美国用户的推文内容进行了对比。最后，考虑到 Twitter 机器人的流行，本文量化了美国无人机袭击的频率和严重程度与也门 Twitter 活动水平之间的时间关系。