How U.S. Lawmakers Have Discussed Asian Americans on Social Media

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Majority of posts about Asian Americans in 2020 and early 2021 mentioned concerns about violence, discrimination or racism

Sono Shah www.sonoshah.com (Pew Research Center)https://www.pewresearch.org/ , Regina Widjaya https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/regina-widjaya/ (Pew Research Center)https://www.pewresearch.org/ , Aaron Smith https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/aaron-smith/ (Pew Research Center)https://www.pewresearch.org/
05-13-2021

Asian Americans are defined by their diversity. With roots in more than 20 different countries, the Asian American population as a group nearly doubled between 2000 and 2019. Demographic shifts have led to increased prominence for Asian Americans in the voting booth and the halls of Congress. At the same time, 32% of Asian adults say they have feared that someone might threaten or physically attack them due to their race in the wake of violent incidents against Asian Americans during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak.

In the midst of these political and cultural developments, a Pew Research Center analysis of more than five years of congressional social media activity finds that lawmakers are increasingly mentioning Asian Americans on Facebook and Twitter.

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Shah, et al., "Sono Shah: How U.S. Lawmakers Have Discussed Asian Americans on Social Media", Fact Tank | Pew Research Center, 2021

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@article{shah2021how,
  author = {Shah, Sono and Widjaya, Regina and Smith, Aaron},
  title = {Sono Shah: How U.S. Lawmakers Have Discussed Asian Americans on Social Media},
  journal = {Fact Tank | Pew Research Center},
  year = {2021},
  note = {https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2021/05/13/how-u-s-lawmakers-have-discussed-asian-americans-on-social-media/}
}