% twarc search ferguson > tweets.json
% twarc filter ferguson > stream.json
13,480,00 tweets
August 10, 2014 - August 27, 2014
63G of JSON
8.4 compressed
Not just 140 characters.
- time
- hashtags
- geo coordinates
- places
- embedded media
- retweet
- reply to
- user
- profile
- avatar
- follower count
- Twitter API
JSON
August 10-27, 2014
417,972 Unique Unshortened URLs
UMD Ferguson Town Hall Meeting
December 3, 2014
#BlackLivesMatter Teach-Ins
- Organizing Meeting
- Tweet Collection
- Ethics, Rights and Data Management
- Basic Navigagtion and Analysis
- Advanced Analytical Techniques
Ferguson
Indictment Decision of Darren Wilson
November 11 - December 8, 2015
15,080,078 tweets
Ferguson
Department of Justice Report
February 25 - March 21, 2015
2,033,898 tweets
#WalterScott
April 1 - April 13, 2015
846,602 tweets
#FreddieGray
April 15, 2015 - Present
2,887,755
#BaltimoreUprising
April 25, 2015 - Present
2,157,853
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Image Credits
- Protesters with signs in Ferguson by Jamelle Bouie
- What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and Ferguson by Zeynep Tufeckci
