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#WARONDRUGS: Exemplifying the Digital Divide
Mary Emma BartonTrinity College: Data Driven Cultures
Spring 2016
The Lost Generation
• 1971: President Nixon declares the War on Drugs• Politicians enact a slew of ‘tough
on crime’ policies
• Today: Over 1.5 million Americans imprisoned• Most incarcerated persons
belong to a minority, are poor, or both
Language M
atters • One in six Hispanic men will face jail time at some point during their lives, yet only one percent of tweets are in Spanish
EN93%
OTHER4%
IT2%
ES1%
#WARONDRUGS: Tweets by Language
EN OTHER IT
ES
Revealing Rhetoric
• The terms on the word cloud indicate a younger generation of ‘tweeters’ in favor of liberal criminal justice reform
#WARONDRUGS: Visualizing the Text
The Smartphone SocietyNicole Ashcoff
• On the global scale, the production of smartphones perpetuates the digital divide
• As these phones are imported to the United States, the divide continues
Public Enemy No. 1“America’s public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse. In order to fight and defeat this enemy, it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive.” –President Richard Nixon