The Twitter Explorer: A Framework for Observing Twitter through Interactive Networks
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https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v3i1.64Keywords:
interface, twitter, complex networks, digital methods, computational social scienceAbstract
We present an open-source interface for scientists to explore Twitter data through interactive network visualizations. Combining data collection, transformation and visualization in one easily accessible framework, the twitter explorer connects distant and close reading of Twitter data through the interactive exploration of interaction networks and semantic networks. By lowering the technological barriers of data-driven research, it aims to attract researchers from various disciplinary backgrounds and facilitates new perspectives in the thriving field of computational social science.
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