Mining and Analyzing Social Media
Workshop for Social Science Research Masters
University of Amsterdam, 15 April 2020
Diliara Valeeva
Use existing tools
Scrape data yourself
How to get this data?
Use existing tools
How to get this data?
Youtube Data Tools
Scrape data yourself
How to get this data?
Scrape data from Twitter
1. Create a developer account
2. Create an app
1. Create a developer account
0. Create a Twitter account if you don't have it yet
1. Go to https://developer.twitter.com/en/apps
2. Press "Apply" => "Apply for a developer account"
* make sure you have access to your email
* fill in this box with your own words
* fill in this box with your own words
Check your email
Congrats! You are a developer!
2. Create an app
Follow the link from your confirmation email
or
go to https://developer.twitter.com/en/account/get-started
If you don't have a website,
try to enter your social media profiles or other websites that are somehow related to you
In the Callback URL,
enter: http://127.0.0.1:1410
Confirm and go to 'Keys and tokens'
Done!
* save these keys in a safe space and go to R
Find R code "twitter_code.r" on Canvas
More materials
Social Media Research Toolkit
Observatory on Social Media
Next steps
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See 'Modules' in Canvas for materials
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Practice at home
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Ask me questions: 15-17 April