#HashTagBattle

A U.S. Social Movement Hashtag Comparison Tool

Use the dropdown menu to choose an organizing hashtag from the list. These popular social rallying mottos represent movements from a wide range of perspectives in the USA. Your choice will load three peices of data to track what the public and the news media are saying about that topic: 1) the interactive graphs on the left show how often it is used on twitter.2) To the right is a a live-updating twitter list of posts from profiles that use the hashtag or a directly related phrase in their name or bio. 3) Underneath is a list of media headlines on the general topic of that movement. The articles are streaming live from the News API, which draws from a wide variety of news sources. Click on the link to visit the article in its original context. Also, don't forget to scroll down to the bottom of the page and hover the mouse over each hashtag to learn about the background of the movement that inspired it.

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