One of the PhD students I work with, Weiai Xu, has put together an informative slideshow for how to download Twitter …
Why I Use Python for Academic Research
Academics and other researchers have to choose from a variety of research skills. Most social scientists do not add computer …
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How Organizations Use Social Media: Engaging the Public
The research I've done on organizations' use of social media suggests there are three main types of messages that organizations …
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Using Python to Grab Twitter User Data
I often get requests to explain how I obtained the data I used in a particular piece of academic research. I am always happy to …
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