Twitter Trends

SND-ID: ext0271-1.

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Homepage

https://github.com/peterdalle/swedishtwitter

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Peter Dahlgren - University of Gothenburg, JMG

Research principal

University of Gothenburg - Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Description

Collection of all trends on Twitter from three geographical positions (Sweden, Gothenburg, and Stockholm). Collected automatically every hour, at all hours.

Collection of all trends on Twitter from three geographical areas (Sweden, Gothenburg, and Stockholm). These trends are aggregated by Twitter automatically and presented for all users in the specific geographical area.

The trends are collected automatically every hour, at all hours. Custom software has been written for the task.

Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Media unit: Text

Event/Process/Activity

Time Method

Time series

Sampling procedure

Total universe/Complete enumeration

Collection of all trends on Twitter from three geographical positions (Sweden, Gothenburg, and Stockholm). Collected automatically every hour, at all hours.

Time period(s) investigated

2014-12-18 – Ongoing

Variables

Data format / data structure

Text

Data collection

Mode of collection: Aggregation
Time period(s) for data collection: 2014-12-18
Source of the data: Communications: Public, Communications

Geographic coverage

Geographic spread

Geographic location: Sweden

Administrative information

Responsible department/unit

Department of Journalism Media and Communication

Topic and keywords

Research area

Social sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Media, communication and language (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Publications