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antgoldbloom / tiktok_israel_hamas

Exploring the spread of pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian content through TikTok and the implications for antisemitism
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TikTok, the Israel-Hamas conflict and antisemitism

This repo contains data and analysis connected to the spread of pro-Palestinian vs pro-Israel content on TikTok. And the contection between TikTok and the current rise in antisemitism.

Background

Survey data suggests TikTok is a meaningful driver of the current surge in antisemitism. The survey finds that spending 30 minutes a day on TikTok increases the chances somebody holds anti-Semitic or anti-Israel views by 17%, compared with 6% for Instagram and 2% for X.

Survey was conducted between November 21 and November 27. It includes 1323 people aged between 18 and 29.

Correlation between social media use and antisemtism

A likely driver here is that for every video view with a pro-Israel hashtag in the US, there are 54 views with pro-Palestinian hashtags.

Ratio of pro-Palestinian views to pro-Israel views

Given TikTok’s scale, it’s not surprising that this imbalance of spread corresponds to an increase in antisemitism.

TikTok scale by comparing with mainstream media

Data

Data in this repo:

  1. raw survey file
  2. clean survey file
  3. tiktok hashtag by country file

Notebooks

  1. social media survey notebook
  2. tiktok hashtag notebook