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Researching Brexit tweets using Quanteda software.

Ken Benoit, PhD, Professor, Quantitative Social Research Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science, discusses his research using Quanteda software to study Brexit tweets, including his interest in measuring political engagement; the purpose of this research; the research design used;...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Benoit, Ken (Academic.)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:Closed-captions in English.
Published: London : SAGE Publications Ltd, 2019.
Subjects:
European Union > Research > Great Britain.
Twitter.
European Union
Twitter
Great Britain > Politics and government > Research.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique et gouvernement > Recherche.
Politics and government > Research
Research
Great Britain
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video
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Summary:Ken Benoit, PhD, Professor, Quantitative Social Research Methods, London School of Economics and Political Science, discusses his research using Quanteda software to study Brexit tweets, including his interest in measuring political engagement; the purpose of this research; the research design used; the research methods used to collect and analyze the data; the text analysis software used; how the Twitter data was stored, managed and cleaned; any unexpected challenges and how they were overcome; the most enjoyable part of the project; and recommendations for students interested in similar research.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (00:17:39)) : sound, colour
ISBN:9781526499851
1526499851