Mining Social Media

Finding Stories in Internet Data

By Lam Thuy Vo | Publisher: No Starch Press

About the book

BuzzFeed News Senior Reporter Lam Thuy Vo explains how to mine, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.

Did fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In Mining Social Media, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media.

Whether you're a professional journalist, an academic researcher, or a citizen investigator, you'll learn how to use technical tools to collect and analyze data from social media sources to build compelling, data-driven stories.

Learn how to:

  • Write Python scripts and use APIs to gather data from the social web
  • Download data archives and dig through them for insights
  • Inspect HTML downloaded from websites for useful content
  • Format, aggregate, sort, and filter your collected data using Google Sheets
  • Create data visualizations to illustrate your discoveries
  • Perform advanced data analysis using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and the pandas library
  • Apply what you've learned to research topics on your own

    • Social media is filled with thousands of hidden stories just waiting to be told. Learn to use the data-sleuthing tools that professionals use to write your own data-driven stories.

    Editions of Mining Social Media

    Paperback
    ISBN 9781593279165
    EBook
    ISBN 9781593279172

    Read an Excerpt

    BuzzFeed News Senior Reporter Lam Thuy Vo explains how to mine, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.

    Did fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In Mining Social Media, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media.

    Whether you're a professional journalist, an academic researcher, or a citizen investigator, you'll learn how to use technical tools to collect and analyze data from social media sources to build compelling, data-driven stories.

    Learn how to:

  • Write Python scripts and use APIs to gather data from the social web
  • Download data archives and dig through them for insights
  • Inspect HTML downloaded from websites for useful content
  • Format, aggregate, sort, and filter your collected data using Google Sheets
  • Create data visualizations to illustrate your discoveries
  • Perform advanced data analysis using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and the pandas library
  • Apply what you've learned to research topics on your own

    • Social media is filled with thousands of hidden stories just waiting to be told. Learn to use the data-sleuthing tools that professionals use to write your own data-driven stories.

    Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Mining Social Media about?

    BuzzFeed News Senior Reporter Lam Thuy Vo explains how to mine, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.

    Did fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In Mining Social Media, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media.

    Whether you're a professional journalist, an academic researcher, or a citizen investigator, you'll learn how to use technical tools to collect and analyze data from social media sources to build compelling, data-driven stories.

    Learn how to:

  • Write Python scripts and use APIs to gather data from the social web
  • Download data archives and dig through them for insights
  • Inspect HTML downloaded from websites for useful content
  • Format, aggregate, sort, and filter your collected data using Google Sheets
  • Create data visualizations to illustrate your discoveries
  • Perform advanced data analysis using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and the pandas library
  • Apply what you've learned to research topics on your own

    • Social media is filled with thousands of hidden stories just waiting to be told. Learn to use the data-sleuthing tools that professionals use to write your own data-driven stories.

    What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Mining Social Media?

    Computing and Information Technology > Computer programming / software engineering > Programming and scripting languages: general

    Where can I read a sample of Mining Social Media?

    You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781593279165

    Who is/are the Author/s of the book Mining Social Media?

    Lam Thuy Vo

    Who is the Publisher of the book Mining Social Media?

    No Starch Press

    What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?

    Mining Social Media is available as paperback(ISBN 9781593279165) and ebook(ISBN 9781593279172)

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