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Capturing Twitter Data

Pragmatic Datafication - DSVIL 2018

John Little

2018-05-29

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Social Media

Gathering streams of data

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TAGS: a tool for collecting Twitter streams

  • Minimal setup (version 6.1)

  • Gather Twitter data by type

    • Search last 7 days: hashtag, tweet, username

    • Schedule: hourly, custom interval

    • Graph visualizations

  • Data are collected in Google Sheets

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Now You Try...

  1. Go to Tags - https://tags.hawksey.info/
  2. Get Tags > Get version 6.1 (requires Google Account)

    1. This will spawn a new tab in Google Drive, click the blue Make a copy button
    2. In the form, "2. Enter term" searchbox, enter either a hashtag or a Twitter handle

      • for example:   @ViolaDavis
    3. From the GoogleSheets Menubar, choose TAGS > Run Now!

      • In the "Authorization Required" dialogue box, click the blue Continue button
      • In the Google account dialogue box, click on your Google account.
      • In the next screen, click the blue Allow button
    4. Wait for results (maybe 60 seconds)

  3. Results are found in the "Archive" sheet

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Analysis

TAGS offers

  • Summary Sheet

  • Dashboard Sheet

  • TAGS Explorer

    • Network graphs
    • Top Tweets
    • Top Hashtags
    • Top Conversations
    • Sheet must be publicly available
  • TAGS Archive

    • Search filters of the archive
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Now You Try...

Using your Twitter stream archive and TAGS, summarize and visualize the twitter data

  1. TAGS > Add Summary Sheet

  2. TAGS > Add Dashboard Sheet

  3. Make the Google TAGS Sheet Public

    • Click the blue share button > Done
    • Then click the Get a shareable link option
  4. Back on the GoogleSheets page, the Readme/Settings Sheet > click TAGSExplorer

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Historical Twitter Data

A selective list of Twitter data tools

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Other Analysis Tools

Simple

Visual Text Analysis

Network Graph Analysis

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Revoke Permissions

If you don't plan to ever pursue further Twitter analysis via the TAGS tool, you may want to undo the permissions you've just allowed...

  1. Revoking TAGS access to your Twitter account

  2. Revoking Google apps permissions to TAGS

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Social Media

Gathering streams of data

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