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Covid Mask Wearing in Politicians' Social Media Images and Emotions in German Politics, with Dr. Mirya Holman
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Dr. Mirya Holman, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, shares her latest research on how politicians depict mask wearing through their social media images. We discuss how computer vision can be used to detect masks in images, as well as what factors correlate with politicians' depicting masks. Later in the episode, we discuss another recent study by Dr. Holman, where emotions in the facial expressions and vocal pitch of German politicians were analyzed during election debates.
Here's a link to that study:
Gender, Candidate Emotional Expression, and Voter Reactions during Televised Debates (2021)
And here's a link to Mirya Holman's Aggressive Winning Scholars (#MHAWS) Newsletter!
172 episodes
Manage episode 304268095 series 1401914
Dr. Mirya Holman, Associate Professor of Political Science at Tulane University, shares her latest research on how politicians depict mask wearing through their social media images. We discuss how computer vision can be used to detect masks in images, as well as what factors correlate with politicians' depicting masks. Later in the episode, we discuss another recent study by Dr. Holman, where emotions in the facial expressions and vocal pitch of German politicians were analyzed during election debates.
Here's a link to that study:
Gender, Candidate Emotional Expression, and Voter Reactions during Televised Debates (2021)
And here's a link to Mirya Holman's Aggressive Winning Scholars (#MHAWS) Newsletter!
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