Simple Collection and Powerful Analysis of Twitter Data Using R

• In Event: 14-W4 Workshop

Short Description

In this workshop, we introduce participants to a simple but powerful workflow for Twitter-based research: setting up Twitter Archiving Google Sheets (TAGS) to collect tweets over time, collecting more information with the rtweet R package, and analyzing the data with our own R package, tidytags. Participants will leave with greater confidence to conduct their own Twitter research, new practical skills, and a collection of resources for continuing social media research in learning design and technology.

Authors

• Presenter: K. Bret Staudt Willet, Michigan State University

• Presenter: Spencer P. Greenhalgh, University of Kentucky

• Contributor: Joshua Michael Rosenberg, University of Tennessee, Knoxville