{"id":774,"date":"2019-04-08T03:29:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:29:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/?p=774"},"modified":"2019-04-08T03:29:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T03:29:24","slug":"social-media-discussion-about-kirstjen-nielsens-resignation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cci.utk.edu\/ric\/2019\/04\/08\/social-media-discussion-about-kirstjen-nielsens-resignation\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Discussion about Kirstjen Nielsen&#8217;s resignation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><em>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/people\/graduate-assistant\/\">Ying Xiong<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">On April 7th, 2019, Kirstjen Nielsen, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/kirstjen-nielsen-resigning-dhs-secretary-expected-to-offer-resignation-today-live-updates-2019-04-07\/\">Department of Homeland Security Secretary, resigned from her position<\/a>. Kevin McAleenan will serve as acting DHS secretary. The Twitter discussion of Nielsen\u2019s news reached to peak at 6 pm on April 7th.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-775\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.06.35-PM-1024x324.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">For Nielsen\u2019s news, the majority of influencers on Twitter were news agencies, including ABC News, CNN, Rolling Stone, The New York Times, TIME, CBS News, and many others. Several individual accounts also had huge impacts on Nielsen\u2019s topic, including Ben Shapiro, Donald Trump, and Michael Black.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-776\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.26.50-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">About Nielsen\u2019s resignation, Trump tweeted that, &#8220;Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen Nielsen will be leaving her position, and I would like to thank her for her service. I am pleased to announce that Kevin McAleenan, the current U.S. Customs, and Border Protection Commissioner, will become Acting Secretary for @DHSgov. I have confidence that Kevin will do a great job!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-777\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.23.47-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">On Twitter, many social media users discussed Kirstjen Nielsen\u2019s involvement with immigration policy in the Trump administration. Top words, such as children, kids, families, parents, immigration, anti-immigrant, and separated, were discussed on Twitter. Many tweets included the word \u201ccages\u201d and said, \u201cHistory will remember her for separating families and putting children in cages.\u201d Additionally, negative words, such as toxic, cruel, were used in Nielsen-relevant tweets. Among all the on-topic tweets, 81.9% of tweets had negative sentiments.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-781\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.07.31-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-779 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.17.53-PM-1.png\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-780 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.17.58-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-782 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.18.44-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-783 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/utccismcc.utk.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-07-at-11.08.26-PM.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Ying Xiong On April 7th, 2019, Kirstjen Nielsen, Department of Homeland Security Secretary, resigned from her position. 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