These data include "#MeToo" tweets collected at four timepoints between 2017 and 2020, each associated with peak usage of the tweet:
- October 15, 2017 (the first tweet in which Alyssa Milano tweeted #MeToo after Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexual assault);
- Sept 27, 2018, (Dr. Christine Blasey Ford testified against Brett Kavanaugh at the U.S. Senate Judiciary hearings);
- October 6, 2018 (when Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed to the U.S. Supreme Court);
- February 24,2020 (when Harvey Weinstein was convicted)
The tweets were then analysed using Linguistic Inquiry Word Count, a text analysis program that calculates the percentage of the total number of words for particular word categories.
These data support the article, "#MeToo as an ‘angry mob’ or in search of meaning? Using language to assess the focus of #MeToo tweets across four events" in Computers in Human Behavior Reports (2022) (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chbr.2022.100173).