This project hosts codes analyzing twitter diffusion data. The codes are used for academic research Broadcast information diffusion processes on social media networks: exogenous events lead to more integrated public discourse
Gong, X., Huskey, R., Xue, H., Shen, C., & Frey, S. (2023). Broadcast information diffusion processes on social media networks: exogenous events lead to more integrated public discourse. Journal of Communication, jqad014.
The data and files is openly accessible at OSF.
the dir empirical contains codes that collect empirical twitter data, construct the dynamic semantic social network, and analyze the integration and segregation metrics of the networks.
the dir simulation contains codes that simulate the semantic social network under the influence of broadcast vs. viral diffusion events, and analyze the network metrics.