This figure presents twitter traffic of with the terms "terrorism," "guns," or "climate" in them from 7 November to 6 December 2015. Conversations about terrorism peaked around the attacks in Paris and have since gone down almost to pre-attack levels. Climate gained a lot of attention since the COP-21 negotiations began a week ago on 30 November. However, discussions of climate-related issues has been dwarfed by discussions about gun violence in the wake of the two mass shootings in the US on 2 December. Now that many heads of state have left Paris, it is unlikely that climate coverage will peak higher than the beginning of the negotiations.
--Dana R. Fisher, drfisher@umd.edu
--Dana R. Fisher, drfisher@umd.edu
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