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The document discusses the challenges of using Twitter data for social research, highlighting that Twitter does not represent the general population and questions its effectiveness as a proxy for social behavior. It critiques the monetization of Twitter's data through its API and the costs associated with obtaining representative samples for research. Additionally, it raises concerns about the implications of the evolving nature of social media data and the need for researchers to navigate systemic forces affecting their work.
![- API (stream/rest) based acquisition do not provide
representative samples for big events (Morstatter et al. 2013)
- Using Twitter data providers can be extremely expensive
(for average research budget in social sciences /
humanities)
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Start Date: 05/18/2015
End Date: 05/25/2015
Estimated Activities: 2,042,000
The total cost of accepting this job is $580.00. ]
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Going to hell_slideshare
- 1. Are Twitter researchers going to hell? 29-05-2015 1
- 2. Will I go to hell ? 29-05-2015 · 2
- 4. 29-05-2015 · 4 }Lust: In the second circle of Hell are those overcome by lust. Dante condemns these "carnal malefactors" for letting their appetites sway their reason.
- 6. - Social media users are not a representative sample… - Facebook: 53% (of US population) - LinkedIn: 19% - Twitter: 13% (PEW data 2013 – Hargittai 2015) 29-05-2015 · 6 }Is Twitter a good proxy of social life? U S T w i t t e r
- 7. This is where it goes… 29-05-2015 · 7 Temporal Patterns of Happiness and Information in a Global Social Network: Hedonometrics and Twitter http://dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0026752
- 8. - Twitter users are largely unknown - There are no reasons to expect any “trickle down effect” from Twitter to society 29-05-2015 · 8 }Is Twitter a good proxy of social life?
- 9. 29-05-2015 · 9 }Heresy: In the sixth circle, Heretics, such as Epicureans ("the soul dies with the body") are trapped in flaming tombs.
- 10. - Research questions are defined by the possibilities offered through the API - Data monetization has been a clear strategy behind the evolution of Twitter API 29-05-2015 · 10 }Dealing with privately-own data 1)
- 11. - API (stream/rest) based acquisition do not provide representative samples for big events (Morstatter et al. 2013) - Using Twitter data providers can be extremely expensive (for average research budget in social sciences / humanities) [e.g. Rule Text: eurovision Start Date: 05/18/2015 End Date: 05/25/2015 Estimated Activities: 2,042,000 The total cost of accepting this job is $580.00. ] 29-05-2015 · 11 }Dealing with privately-own data 2)
- 12. 29-05-2015 · 12 } Fraud: Sorcerers, astrologers, and false prophets here have their heads twisted around on their bodies backward, so that they "found it necessary to walk backward, / because they could not see ahead of them.”.
- 13. Hard methods for “soft” data 29-05-2015 · 13
- 14. Quantitative methods often assume the stability of the research field. Can we still cite/use Twitter data published in 2007 or 2008 ? 29-05-2015 · 14
- 15. “Connect with your friends — and other fascinating people. Get in-the- moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, in real time, from every angle.” Practices –> structure 29-05-2015 · 15 “What’s happening?”“What are you doing?”
- 16. 29-05-2015 · 16
- 17. Are we doing the research we want to do or the research we can do ? And what are the – systemic – forces affectingt this process? One more thing 29-05-2015 · 17
- 18. 29-05-2015 · 18 Thank you