The NSA turns out to be a real men's topic
Posted: Sun Jan 19, 2025 3:24 am
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Plasterk's note
At Twan Huys' table, Plasterk suddenly pulls a note from his breast pocket. "I received another message from the NSA this evening, it is an unclassified message, so I am allowed to share it," says Plasterk. And after a follow-up question from interviewer Huys: "I said in a letter to the House that it is unacceptable that our allies would not adhere to Dutch law." Plasterk's note causes a lot of excitement on Twitter, a piece of dead tree that, according to some Twitter users, also contained old news.
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When we look at what the NSA revelations are associated with, we see that pakistan mobile phone number list Plasterk is also prominently present there (the larger the block, the more often the word is used, retweets excluded). In addition to logical associations such as 'American', 'news' and 'US', we see that 'Plasterk' occurs more often than 'Edward', 'eavesdropping', 'Obama' and 'Merkel'.
association. No less than 87% of all Dutch tweets about the NSA come from men, only 13% come from women. We know from previous research that Dutch men tweet more about watching TV than women, but do men also find espionage more exciting than women? Or is the NSA too politically technical a subject for women.
Plasterk's note
At Twan Huys' table, Plasterk suddenly pulls a note from his breast pocket. "I received another message from the NSA this evening, it is an unclassified message, so I am allowed to share it," says Plasterk. And after a follow-up question from interviewer Huys: "I said in a letter to the House that it is unacceptable that our allies would not adhere to Dutch law." Plasterk's note causes a lot of excitement on Twitter, a piece of dead tree that, according to some Twitter users, also contained old news.
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When we look at what the NSA revelations are associated with, we see that pakistan mobile phone number list Plasterk is also prominently present there (the larger the block, the more often the word is used, retweets excluded). In addition to logical associations such as 'American', 'news' and 'US', we see that 'Plasterk' occurs more often than 'Edward', 'eavesdropping', 'Obama' and 'Merkel'.
association. No less than 87% of all Dutch tweets about the NSA come from men, only 13% come from women. We know from previous research that Dutch men tweet more about watching TV than women, but do men also find espionage more exciting than women? Or is the NSA too politically technical a subject for women.