Query Design for Digital Methods by Richard Rogers

Prof. Dr. Richard Rogers
University of Amsterdam
'Query design' with keywords, URL list-building and Twitter and Facebook data curation
QUERY DESIGN
FOR DIGITAL METHODS

QUERY DESIGN FOR DIGITAL METHODS
1) Why formulate a query? Search as research
2) Keyword list-building
3) Source set list-building
4) Querying engines with keywords
5) Querying platforms for hashtags / keywords and other curation and
collection strategies (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)

• Measure success or 'impact' (buzz of brand or leader's name)
• Measure circulation, resonance or salience of a claim
(climate change is human-induced)
• Measure competition between ‘program’ and ‘anti-
program’ (Akrich/Latour) as well as 'efforts at neutrality' (barrier
between Israel and Palestinian Territories is for 'security' or for
'apartheid')
Rationales for designing queries and 'search as research'
ANALYTICAL STRATEGIES TO
MAKE USE OF QUERY DESIGN

5) Querying platforms for hashtags and other collection and curation
strategies (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)

>II. Actors' stance-taking terminology: Keywords as positioning
efforts.
Program, anti-program as well as efforts at neutrality (cf. Akrich &
Latour, 1992)
When words become keywords and “issue language”
WHAT IS A KEYWORD?
I. Developing meanings of known words (Williams, 1976) e.g., How
'culture' has changed over time from low/high to ethnographic or
subcultural

Source: Five of top ten search results from http://images.google.com.
“Apartheid Wall” and “Security Fence”: Image Search Results, Google images, July 2005
Security FenceApartheid Wall
“Image Clash”

Query Design for Digital Methods by Richard Rogers

©2005Govcom.org
Term usage by official state delegates at the U.N. Security Council meeting, 14 October 2003.
Source: United Nations Security Council, Transcript:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7895.doc.htm
Visualization from Réseau-Lu by Aguidel.com
Design by Marieke van Dijk, Anderemedia.nl
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Ofﬁcial state delegates
Manner of speaking
Co-occurrence analysis of keywords and sources.
Coming to Terms. A conflict analysis of the usage,
in official and unofficial sources, of ‘security fence,’
‘apartheid wall,’and other terms for the structure
between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
20032003
China
Guinea
Pakistan
US
Brazil
Jordan
Italy
Qatar EU
Egypt
Cuba
France
Cameroon
Tunisia
Bahrain
United Arab Emirates
Angola
Nepal
Iran
New Zealand
South Africa
Japan
Turkey
Libya
Chile
Argentina
Indonesia
Lebanon
League of Arab States
Russia
Malaysia
Mexico
Syria
Spain
Norway
Palestine
Organization of the Islamic Conference (OIC)
Yemen
Sudan
UK
Norway
Germany
Israel
UN (brieﬁng)
Saudi Arabia
Bulgaria
Separation Wall
Security Wall
Expansionist Wall
Walled Bantustans
The Barrier
Separation Barrier
Security Fence
The Wall
The Fence
The Structure
The Racist Wall of Separation
The Racist Wall

©2005Govcom.org
Term usage by official state delegates at the U.N. Security Council meeting, 21 July 2005.
Source: United Nations Security Council, transcript of meeting:
http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/sc7895.doc.htm
Visualization from Réseau-Lu by Aguidel.com
Design by Marieke van Dijk, Anderemedia.nl
Legend
Ofﬁcial state delegates
Manner of speaking
Co-occurrence analysis of keywords and sources.
Coming to Terms. A conflict analysis of the usage,
in official and unofficial sources, of ‘security fence,’
‘apartheid wall,’and other terms for the structure
between Israel and the Palestinian Territories.
20052005
Algeria
France
Egypt
China
Brazil
Russia
Benin
Japan
South Africa
Indonesia
Libya
Tansania
Tunisia
Yemen
Malaysia
Morocco
League of Arab States
Philippines
India
Argentina
UK
EU
Norway
Cuba
Palestine
UN (brieﬁng)
Romania
Iran
Pakistan
Lebanon
Saudi Arabia
Denmark
Greece
Kuwait (Arab group)
Israel
Syria
Sudan
Organization of the
Islamic Conference (OIC)
Separation WallThe Wall
Separation Fence
Security Barrier
Wall of Injustice
Separation BarrierSecurity Fence
Apartheid Wall
Colonial Separation Wall
the Barrier

• Identify and retain specific “issue language” per actor
• Collection of terms is inclusive, so as to include all actors’ issue
language (multiple terms for program, anti-program, etc.)
• Design queries so as to study resonance of each actor's /
program's terms
• Consider actors’ terminological innovation (re-positioning), and
watch over time actors adopting or distancing from new programs
Guidelines for keyword list building and querying demarcated source sets
SUMMARY: ISSUE LANGUAGE QUERY DESIGN

5) Querying platforms for hashtags and other strategies (Twitter,
Facebook, Instagram, YouTube)

LIST-BUILDING OR DEMARCATING
SOURCE SETS
General approaches to building URL lists
1. EDITORIAL - Use Wikipedia for global category lists; or expert lists from web.
2. CROWD-SOURCING - Have Web users input URLs to be checked.
3. SEARCH ENGINE WORK - Search Google using query technique
(associative snowballing, advanced operator, exclusion, ambiguous, etc.).
4. DEVICE STUDIES - Rely on devices/platforms for making 'top' lists of URLs per
country, subject matter, or group
5. DYNAMIC URL SAMPLING - Crawl URL list(s); fetch outlinks with Issuecrawler

• Initial query: Grupos de Extrema derecha en Espana
• First results: Plataforma Catalunya and Espana 2000
• Query: ["Espana 2000" "Plataforma Catalunya"] yields third group
Approach to building, iteratively, a URL list using snowballing on Google
SEARCH ENGINE WORK -
ASSOCIATIVE QUERY-
SNOWBALLING TECHNIQUE
• Query: ["Espana 2000" "Plataforma Catalunya"
"Democracia Nacional"]
download instructions: http://bit.ly/associativequery

1. “Google street view” privacy
2. “Google street view” privacy site:google.* (Google's view)
3. “Google street view” privacy -site:google.* (non-Google view)
How is the issue of “google street view” and privacy is being treated when google-
related sites are excluded from the search?
QUERY DESIGN -
EXCLUSION

SEARCH AS RESEARCH
Dynamic URL sampling (list lengthening)
1. Use list(s) compiled from editorial, search engine work and/or other
techniques.
2. Enter list into Issuecrawler.net, the network location software (request account).

For list view, 'retrieve
startingpoints and
network URLs'

• Monsanto "roundup ready" harvest
• Monsanto "roundup ready" frankenfood
Use "" for exact matches
Query design example for 'program', 'anti-program' and efforts at neutrality
QUERY DESIGN FOR STUDYING
PROGRAM / ANTI-PROGRAM I
• Monsanto "roundup ready" seed

Method
Step 1. Query the term "rights" in national terminology per
different Google country (e.g. google.de, google.co.uk)
Step 2. Fetch the top 10 unique rights types.
Step 3. Visualize top 10 issues per country and mark unique
issues.
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
Can the search engine be repurposed to show which rights are specific per country?
QUERY DESIGN -
AMBIGUOUS QUERY
NATIONALITY OF ISSUES: RIGHTS TYPES

Saving results for verification and retrieval
• “Save page as” in the browser, name files and folder
consistently
• Collect rights types in a spreadsheet (incl. translation)
• Merge results and collect saved files in one place
SEARCH AS RESEARCH
Research Practice Protocol

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• Two-step query design for creating a tweet collection
1) Identify issue-related hashtags / kw (ask expert; close reading)
2) Query Twitter API over short period of time
3) Perform co-hashtag analysis, finding most significant hashtags
4) Use most significant hashtags and begin tweet collection proper
QUERY DESIGN FOR TWITTER:
TWEET COLLECTION AS
'ISSUE SPACE'
Approach to creating a collection of tweets to study an issue space

Tweet collection studies
Analytical procedures
1) hashtag analysis - hashtags are often embedded social issues
2) @mention analysis - allows to identify expertise (or dominant voice)
3) retweet analysis - most retweeted per day tells story overtime
4) URL analysis - shows content that is most referenced

• Two-step query design for creating a tweet collection
1) Identify core movement members, create @username list
2) Query @mention for each core member
3) Segment audience or subgroup according to those who
@mention them all, @mentionthem all minus one,
@mentionthem all minus two, and so forth.
4) Or: download tweets of core members, and capture
whom they mention
TWEET COLLECTION AS
'SEGMENTED AUDIENCE'
Approach to creating a collection of tweets to study a subgroup

• Query design for creating a tweet collection
1) Identify public figures
2) Capture their tweets (consider limits)
TWEET COLLECTION OF
'LEADERS'
Approach to creating a collection of tweets to study public figures

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QUERY DESIGN FOR FACEBOOK:
FACEBOOK PAGES / GROUPS
LIST CURATION
Approaches to curating a list of Facebook pages/groups
• Query Google for site:facebook.com and issue e.g., Rwandan
diaspora [site:facebook.com Rwandan diaspora]
• Query Facebook graph search for Rwanda diaspora, using
Netvizz, https://apps.facebook.com/107036545989762/
• Add two lists (concatenate)

Facebook Studies
Procedure for page list-building, inter-like network and engagement
analysis to study social movements / causes
1) Optional: Create research account on Facebook - self-identify
(as digital ethnographer for 'groups')
2) For each Facebook page, retrieve pageID.
3) Use Netvizz and retrieve 'most engaged with content' per page.
4) Perform inter-liked page network analysis, using Gephi

Somali Diaspora - U.K. Most engaged with content on Facebook
66
85
111
187
334
Midkee Baa Dooran Laheyd Akhiyaarey Afartaan Passport..?
Hello Ethiopian and Kenya.
Your Neighbor’s waking up from a coma
gradually. Mogadishu
Progressing…...Mogadishu taking its first
steps.
1 - The largest Children's Hospital in East
Africa is being established.
2 - A $150 million USD modernization project
of Aden Adde International Airport.
3 - A $100 million USD Urban Renewal project
of the city to start in June.
Inaa Lilaalhi Wa inaa Ilaahi Raajicuun. We
send our sincere condolences and prayers to
the family and friends of Hussein Samatar
who lost his battle to cancer. A great loss to
the Somali community Worldwide and more
so for those living in Minneapolis. May Allah
swt forgive his shortcomings and make him
one of the residents of Jannatul-Firdows. -
Gacal.
The Journey Back Home
Documentary is online. Share
with friends.
Ramadhan Mubarak to all of you. May
Allah SWT accept your good deeds,
forgive your sins and may we reach the
next one with good health and Iman.
Pray for Somalia and all Somalis and
Muslims who are in hardship this
Ramadhan. Give more Saddaq. Kullu
Caam Wa'ntum Bilkhayr. - WSSP
London.
SOMALIA VS KENYA 81-78......Xulka kubadda koleyga
wiilasha Soomaaliya ayaa u soo gudbay semifinal-ka
ciyaaraha FIBA AFRICA ZONE 5 ANC 2013 markii
galabtay oo Talaado ah ay 81 -78 dhibcood kaga
badiyeen Xulka kubadda koleyga wiilasha
Kenya.....Forza SOMALIA..! [...]
Eid Mubarak all
members, supporters,
friends and family.
Have a blessed year
ahead.
Worldwide Somali Students &
Professionals
Eid Mubarak
everyone
‫َت‬‫ق‬َ‫ب‬َّ‫ل‬َ ‫ّللا‬‫ه‬ُ ‫ِم‬‫ن‬َّ ‫َو‬ ‫ِم‬‫ن‬ْ‫ك‬ُ‫م‬ْ
‫ِص‬‫ي‬َ‫م‬َ‫ن‬َ‫ا‬ ‫َو‬ ‫ِص‬‫ي‬َ‫م‬َ‫ك‬ُ‫م‬ْ ‫ُك‬‫ل‬ُّ ‫َع‬‫ا‬‫ٍم‬
‫َو‬ ‫َأ‬‫ن‬ْ‫ت‬ُ‫م‬ْ ‫ِب‬‫خ‬َ‫ي‬ْ
Somali
Professionals
Eid Dinner
→ ENGAGEMENT 258→ ENGAGEMENT 231
→ ENGAGEMENT 187
→ ENGAGEMENT 111
→ ENGAGEMENT 100
→ ENGAGEMENT 334
→ ENGAGEMENT 87
→ ENGAGEMENT 85
→ ENGAGEMENT 71
→ ENGAGEMENT 66

K NAAN
UNHCR
I Am a Star for Somalia
London Somali Youth Forum
Worldwide Somali Students& Professionals
Rageh Omaar
Somali Relief& Development Forum
International Rescue Committee
Barack Obama
Bill& Melinda Gates Foundation
The Community Cup
Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa
Ottawa Police Service - Service de police d Ottawa
Jim Watson
Somali Community Services Coalition
KEXP
Women s Refugee Commission
Non-Proﬁts on Facebook
Human Rights Watch
SOAR
Youth in Focus
United Way of King County
SCHOOL S OUT WASHINGTON
King County Youth Development Network
Woodland Park Zoo
University of Washington
Seattle Children s Theatre
Wing Luke Museum
Seattle Art Museum
Seattle Sounders FC
The Seattle FoundationKUOW Public Radio
Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
OneAmerica
Somali Family Service of San Diego
Media Arts Center San Diego
United Nations Human Rights
Survivors of Torture International
Somalia
UNICEF
Susan G. Komen
SDCountyHHSA
La Maestra Community Health Centers
Foundation for Change
The San Diego Voice& Viewpoint Newspaper
The San Diego Foundation
Mercy Corps
San Diego Center for Civic Engagement
Voice of San Diego
KPBS
San Diego Business Journal
International Rescue Committee in San Diego
2-1-1 San Diego
Alliance Healthcare Foundation
San Diego Refugee Forum
Columbus Chamber of Commerce
The Ohio State University
World Food Programme
Mayor Mike Coleman
Columbus Metropolitan Library
USAID - US Agency for International Development
North Market
Somalia - The Nation of Poets
Bristol Post
BBC Radio Bristol
Bristol City Council
UNESCO
GAVI Alliance
UN Millennium Development Goals
Volunteers
SayNO - UNiTE to End Violence Against Women
United Nations Global Compact
United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW)
UN Women
The United Nations Girls Education Initiative -(UNGEI)
DFID - UK Department for International Development
International Labour Organization (ILO)
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
UNODC - United Nations Ofﬁce on Drugs and Crime
ReliefWeb
UNFPA
United Nations OCHA
World Health Organization (WHO)
United Nations News Centre
United Nations
UNAIDS
Save the Children UK
CARE
Save the Children
Somali Diaspora
Facebook page like network
US
Somalia
Transnational
UK
Netherlands
Canada
Norway
Kenya
Sweden
Denmark
in-degree
Source page country

20
12
8
7
Kwibuka 20 Flame is en route to Oxford from London
today, members of the Rwanda Diaspora in London
escorted the flame from Marylebone station to Rwanda
House where they were greeted by the High Commissioner
and thereafter continued the journey to Oxford
The Rwanda High Commis-
sion and The Common-
wealth will be launching the
Commemoration events of
the 20th Anniversary of the
Genocide against the Tutsi
at Marlborough House on
the 7th of January at 3pm.
REMEMBRANCE FLAME
CONTINUES ITS JOURNEY
ACROSS UK -The
Kwibuka20 Flame of Re-
membrance continues it
journey in UK this weekend
when it leaves the city of
Reading for the city of Cov-
entry in West Midlands
where its community is re-
portedly ready to receive it.
[...] The Kwibuka
(Remembrance) Flame rep-
resents the resilience and
courage of Rwandans who
have diligently and bravely
worked hard to rebuild the
country that was torn apart
during the genocide against
the Tutsi, 20 years ago.
20th
Commemoratio
n of the
Genocide
Against the Tutsi
in Rwanda
https://www.fac
ebook.com/even
ts/717197074997
748/
#Kwibuka20 We are currently listening to a
testimony by Eric Murangwa Eugene at the
launch of 20th Commemoration of the
Genocide against the Tutsi at Marlborough
House.
The Yorkshire-Rwanda Community
Association and constituents of Leeds City
came together this Sunday to receive the
Kwibuka 20 flame;
The Kwibuka20 Flame of Remembrance reached the
city of Manchester on Saturday afternoon, as part of its
UK tour and was received by the Rwanda Manchester
Community leader; Mr Noël Ntakirutimana and
community members.
The Kwibuka20 Flame of Remembrance reached the
city of Nottingham this Saturday afternoon, as part of
it tour of UK and was received by the Nottingham
Rwandan Community.
Wishing you all a Happy festive season. Merry
Christmas and Happy New Year 2014.
Diaspora Voting is under
way: Rwandans in
Manchester vote for the
party of their choice at the
Rwanda Parliamentary
Elections.
Rwanda Diaspora - U.K. Most engaging content on Facebook

ARB TwisangeAmbassade du
Rwanda en France
Pastor Rick Warren
Martin Luther King Jr.
Bienvenue à Paris Président Kagame
Every Child is My Child PaulKagame
Meddy
Cécile Kayirebwa
Canadian Association of Rwandan Youth - Ottawa (CARY-OTTAWA)
Diaspora Business House - Kigali
DRB Rugari-Bruxelles
DRM - Diaspora Rwanda Montreal
Israel in Montreal | Israël à Montréal
CYMA - Canadian Youth Mission to Armenia
CARY Toronto
Living in Kigali
Kamusi Project
Le Mois de l Histoire des Noirs / Black History Month
Rwanda Sports Club de Montreal
Barack Obama
::: François Bugingo :::
Miss and Mister Rwanda Belgium
New Rwanda Diaspora Global Network - RDGN
Village*
Global Computer School
Thisisrwanda.com
Landstar Hotel
3B Hotels
Kigali MEDIA LTD
Experience Rwanda
kLab
Tora Knowless muri Guma Guma
Kigali Serena Hotel
Rwanda Marketplace
U.S.A Technology center
Century Cinema Kigali
Inzuki Designs
Mosaic Gourmet Restaurant
Brioche - bread and pastries
Rwandan Diaspora in Canada
Parti Populaire Rwanda - Imena Diaspora
Private Sector Federation Rwanda PSF
Raindrops Over Rwanda
African Wildlife
Foundation
The Christian Science Monitor
Women for Women International
explore.org
Rwanda Day 2011
Rwanda Diaspora All over the World
Rwanda Diaspora in kenya
Rwanda Diaspora Ottawa-Gatineau
RwandaHCUK
Kesho Amahoro
The British Monarchy
Carnegie Mellon Rwanda
Bridge2Aid
Urunana
MAMMOTH
e.quinox
Rwanda
igihe.tv
igihe.com
Igihe
www.igihe.com
Embassy of Rwanda
Ryico (Rwandan Youth Information Community Organisation)
Kenya High Commission Kigali Rwanda
High Commission of the Republic of Rwanda-Pretoria-South Africa
Rwanda High Commission India
RwandAir
Go Rwanda
Rwandan Diaspora
Diaspora Trade Fair 2010
Rwandan Genocide 20th Anniversary
Enough Project
Never Again International - Canada
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Rwandan International Network Association (RINA)
Callsmadelocal
Top Ten Rwandan Hits in Diaspora Everyweek
Youth and Culture - Rwandan Diaspora
Jean Leon Iragena Kagoma
Best Hope Rwanda
Rwanda Diaspora Facebook like network
Rwanda Canada UKTransnationalFranceUSBelgium Kenya

QUERY DESIGN FOR INSTAGRAM:
HASHTAGS AND GEO-COORDINATES
Approaches to querying Instagram (whilst one still can)
• Query Google with the associative query snowballing
technique for hashtags
• Build hashtag lists for program/anti-program
• Query Instagram for hashtags
• Analysis includes hashtag publics, filter activism and
geolocating issue activism

Otherwise Engaged
DMI Summer School ’15
project, ‘Does love win?’

SEARCH AS RESEARCH -
RESONANCE OF ISSUES IN SOURCES
Query URL list for Keywords
1. Enter URL list and keyword list into Google Scraper aka Lippmannian
Device.
2. Output source cloud or issue cloud.

Lippmannian device.
“Source cloud”
Showing the partisanship or
commitment of sources
Climate Change Skeptics:
Who recognizes them?

Climate Change Sceptics on the Web (Sallie Baliunas)
Research Question_To what extent are climate change 'skeptics' present
in the climate change spaces on the Web?
Findings_There is distance between the skeptics and the top of the
search engine returns.
Source_google.com
Query_“Sallie Baliunas”
Method_Search for query “Sallie Baliunas” in top 100. Organized in order.
Tools_Google Scraper and Tag Cloud Generator
Date_30 July 2007
Product_of the Digital Methods Initiative,
dmi.mediastudies.nl. Analysis_by Bram
Nijhof, Richard Rogers and Laura van der
Vlies. Design_Anne Helmond.
CC_BY:NC:SA
climateark.org (2)marshall.org (6)
realclimate.org (55)
abc.net.au (0)
acfonline.org.au (0)
bbc.co.uk (0) bom.gov.au (0)
cbc.ca (0)
ciel.org (0)
climatechallenge.gov.uk (0)
climatechange.ca.gov (0)
climatechange.com.au (0)
climatechangecentral.com (0)
climatechangecollege.org (0)
climatecrisis.net (0)
dar.csiro.au (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0)
defra.gov.uk (0)
dfat.gov.au (0)
ec.gc.ca (0)
ecn.ac.uk (0)
ecokids.ca (0)
ecy.wa.gov (0)
eea.europa.eu (0)
eldis.org (0)
energy.gov (0)
envirolink.org (0)
epa.gov (0)
exploratorium.edu (0)
faqs.org (0)
foe.co.uk (0)
ft.com (0)
g8.gov.uk (0)
gcrio.org (0) grida.no (0)
guardian.co.uk (0)
iea.org (0)
iisd.org (0)
ipcc.ch (0)
iucn.org (0)
ltscotland.org.uk (0)
metoffice.gov.uk (0)
mfe.govt.nz (0)
mofa.go.jp (0)
nature.com (0) nature.org (0)
ncdc.noaa.gov (0)
open2.net (0)
panda.org (0)
pewclimate.org (0)
royalsoc.ac.uk (0)
scidev.net (0)
scienceagogo.com (0)
state.gov (0)
theglobeandmail.com (0)
ucar.edu (0)
un.org (0)
unep.org (0)
who.int (0)
whoi.edu (0)
worldwildlife.org (0)
greenpeace.org (0) campaigncc.org (0)
sourcewatch.org (0) climatescience.gov (0)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCEPTICS

Climate Change Sceptics on the Web (Sherwood Idso)
Source_google.com
Query_“Sherwood Idso”
Method_Search for query “Sherwood Idso” in top 100. Organized in order.
Date_30 July 2007
CC_BY:NC:SA
greenpeace.org (0) campaigncc.org (1)
climateark.org (1)
abc.net.au (0)
cbc.ca (0)
ciel.org (0)
dar.csiro.au (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0)
defra.gov.uk (0)
dfat.gov.au (0)
ec.gc.ca (0)
ecn.ac.uk (0)
ecokids.ca (0)
ecy.wa.gov (0)
eea.europa.eu (0)
eldis.org (0)
energy.gov (0)
envirolink.org (0)
epa.gov (0)
faqs.org (0)
foe.co.uk (0)
ft.com (0)
g8.gov.uk (0)
guardian.co.uk (0)
iea.org (0)
iisd.org (0)
ipcc.ch (0)
iucn.org (0)
marshall.org (0)
mfe.govt.nz (0)
mofa.go.jp (0)
ncdc.noaa.gov (0)
open2.net (0)
panda.org (0)
pewclimate.org (0)
royalsoc.ac.uk (0)
scidev.net (0)
state.gov (0)
ucar.edu (0)
un.org (0)
unep.org (0)
who.int (0)
whoi.edu (0)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCEPTICS

Climate Change Sceptics on the Web (Steven Milloy)
Source_google.com
Query_“Stephen Milloy”
Method_Search for query “Stephen Milloy” in top 100. Organized in order.
Date_30 July 2007
CC_BY:NC:SA
bbc.co.uk (0)
climateark.org (2)
dar.csiro.au (1)
defra.gov.uk (1)
ec.gc.ca (0)
ecn.ac.uk (1) ecy.wa.gov (1)
eea.europa.eu (1) energy.gov (1)
envirolink.org (1)
epa.gov (1)
greenpeace.org (1)
ipcc.ch (1)
mofa.go.jp (1)
nature.org (1)
ncdc.noaa.gov (1)
pewclimate.org (1)
sourcewatch.org (27)
state.gov (1)
unep.org (1)
who.int (1)
whoi.edu (1)
abc.net.au (0)
bom.gov.au (0)
campaigncc.org (0) cbc.ca (0)
ciel.org (0)
climatescience.gov (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0)
dfat.gov.au (0)
ecokids.ca (0)
eldis.org (0)
faqs.org (0)
foe.co.uk (0)
ft.com (0)
g8.gov.uk (0)
guardian.co.uk (0)
iea.org (0)
iisd.org (0)
iucn.org (0)
marshall.org (0)
mfe.govt.nz (0)
nature.com (0)
open2.net (0)
panda.org (0)
ucar.edu (0)
un.org (0)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCEPTICS

Climate Change Sceptics on the Web (Timothy Ball)
Source_google.com
Query_“Timothy Ball”
Method_Search for query “Timothy Ball” in top 100. Organized in order.
Date_30 July 2007
CC_BY:NC:SA
campaigncc.org (6)
marshall.org (2)
abc.net.au (0)
cbc.ca (0)
ciel.org (0)
dar.csiro.au (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0)
defra.gov.uk (0)
dfat.gov.au (0)
ec.gc.ca (0)
ecn.ac.uk (0)
ecokids.ca (0)
ecy.wa.gov (0)
eea.europa.eu (0)
eldis.org (0)
energy.gov (0)
envirolink.org (0)
epa.gov (0)
faqs.org (0)
foe.co.uk (0)
ft.com (0)
g8.gov.uk (0)
guardian.co.uk (0)
iea.org (0)
iisd.org (0)
ipcc.ch (0)
iucn.org (0)
mfe.govt.nz (0)
mofa.go.jp (0)
ncdc.noaa.gov (0)
open2.net (0)
panda.org (0)
pewclimate.org (0)
royalsoc.ac.uk (0)
scidev.net (0)
state.gov (0)
ucar.edu (0)
un.org (0)
unep.org (0)
who.int (0)
whoi.edu (0)
greenpeace.org (0)
climateark.org (0)
realclimate.org (0)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCEPTICS

Climate Change Sceptics on the Web (Willie Soon)
Source_google.com
Query_“Willie Soon”
Method_Search for query “Willie Soon” in top 100. Organized in order.
Date_30 July 2007
CC_BY:NC:SA
campaigncc.org (2)
marshall.org (4)
sourcewatch.org (0)
climatescience.gov (0)
greenpeace.org (0)
climateark.org (1)
abc.net.au (0)
cbc.ca (0)
ciel.org (0)
dar.csiro.au (0)
davidsuzuki.org (0)
defra.gov.uk (0)
dfat.gov.au (0)
ec.gc.ca (0)
ecn.ac.uk (0)
ecokids.ca (0)
ecy.wa.gov (0)
eea.europa.eu (0)
eldis.org (0)
energy.gov (0)
envirolink.org (0)
epa.gov (0)
faqs.org (0)
foe.co.uk (0)
ft.com (0)
g8.gov.uk (0)
guardian.co.uk (0)
iea.org (0)
iisd.org (0)
ipcc.ch (0)
iucn.org (0)
mfe.govt.nz (0)
mofa.go.jp (0)
ncdc.noaa.gov (0)
open2.net (0)
panda.org (0)
pewclimate.org (0)
royalsoc.ac.uk (0)
scidev.net (0)
state.gov (0)
ucar.edu (0)
un.org (0)
unep.org (0)
who.int (0)
whoi.edu (0)
CLIMATE CHANGE
SCEPTICS

Lippmannian device.
“Making an Issue cloud”
An organization’s issue agenda
(or commitment)
Public Knowledge, a digital rights NGO,
has issues. Which are they most committed to?

Lippmannian device.
“Issue cloud”
Showing the issue commitments
of the NGO, Public Knowledge
Public Knowledge's issue commitment. Lower six issues on Public Knowledge's issue list, ranked
according to number of mentions of issues on publicknowledge.org, 2 October 2009.

Lippmannian device.
“Making an Issue cloud”
Greenpeace issues, http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns.
Stop climate change
Protect ancient forests
Defending our Oceans
Say no to genetic engineering
Eliminate toxic chemicals
Demand Peace and Disarmament
End the nuclear age
Encourage sustainable trade
Keep most significant issue language.
"climate change"
"ancient forests"
oceans
"genetic engineering"
"toxic chemicals"
disarmament
"nuclear power"
"sustainable trade"

Lippmannian device.
“Issue cloud”
Greenpeace’s issue agenda (distribution of
commitment)
Greenpeace's issue commitment. Greenpeace's campaign issue list, ranked according to number of
mentions of issues on greenpeace.org, 11 October 2009.

http://tools.digitalmethods.net
Tools and references

Google Settings
• For the “universal Google” Go to http://google.com/ncr
• Log out of your Gmail account
• Google Preferences:
Set interface and search language
SafeSearch: Off
Google Instant: Off
Nr of Results: 100 per page
USING GOOGLE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH
Research protocol for using Google

Lippmannian Device to Gephi
http://tools.digitalmethods.net/beta/lippmannianDeviceToGephi/
“The photoshop for network graphs”
GEPHI.ORG

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