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Text Scraping in Twitter In-Person

 

Twitter data are widely used for research purposes and are collected through a variety of methods and tools. In this workshop, we’ll show you handy methods for acquiring Twitter data about the 2020 Census utilizing Twitter public API, Google Sheets and Excel. In this workshop, you will perform a series of hands-on exercises, including acquiring Twitter data with your search terms, downloading the acquired tweets, and learning about basic data processing skills with Twitter data. 

Expected Outcomes:

  1. Acquire Twitter data through Twitter Public API
  2. Utilize Twitter ID information in data processing and acquisition
  3. Basic network visualizations based on the geographical information contained in tweets

Tools/Software: Laptop, Google account, Excel, Twitter API key.

Date:
Wednesday, February 26, 2020
Time:
2:00pm - 3:30pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Digital Studio Conference Space
Campus:
Chestnut Hill Campus
Categories:
  Digital Scholarship  
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