Final Project: Data Collection p.1

Today I decided on categories I would use to differentiate comments written in response to the video I chose to study.
The categories are:
-Indifferent/ That's just how it is
-Stats/Linked article
-Personal experience in or from USA
-Personal experience in or from other country
-Joke/Meme/unrelated
-Aggressive/Argument (criticizing video, another comment, or government in general)

Of the first 50 tweets, this is what I found:
-Indifferent- 5
-Stats/Linked article-3
-Personal experience, USA- 11
-Personal experience, other country- 7
Joke/Meme/unrelated- 8
-Aggressive/Arguments- 16

As you can see, the majority of these tweets fell into a personal experience category or were argumentative. Below are a few examples that stood out to me.

This tweet is an example of what would be categorized as argumentative because of its aggressive tone. It can be assumed that this was written by someone who does not live in the United States, but there is no clear proof. 

This tweet fell under personal experience, USA. It was written as a reply to another tweet that makes it clear the user is from the USA. 

This tweet is one that would fall under the jokes category.  The response, also partially sarcastic was grouped similarly.

This tweet was grouped in with personal experience, other country. Although the user lives in the united states, he/she clarifies as being from Britain and identifies England as home. 

This tweet fell under personal experience, USA because of the inflated price and the message matching the video. The response was grouped under the jokes category. 

Lastly, this tweet was listed as personal experience, other country. 

Overall, it was interesting for me to look through the engagements following this video. It seems that most people were trying to share their experience so that we could all gain a greater awareness. Some criticized the British government as leading to socialism, being too good to be true, etc. Others had completely lost hope in the American government. Responses were not strictly limited to Americans or British people, but had comments from a variety of countries, all giving input. My questions while furthering my research are how these comments expand into personal conversations among viewers. I saw very few comments displaying complete political polarization. Instead, those who engaged with the content seem to be looking for conversation based on new perspectives. 

Ultimately, the single post of this video has manifested into a conversation among thousands, not only expanding viewpoints on healthcare in different countries, but opening a door to discuss lifestyles and daily obstacles for Americans versus those in other countries.