In this GitHub post I will try my best to demonstrate the tools and methods that used in my postgraduate dissertation and a Python script sample is attached as well. For the sake of privacy protection, I will hide part of codes or data source.
Much thanks to @dataabc but also other contributors for their Python package "weiboSpider" which is open and free to use for non-business activities. This Python package can save much time and energy in Weibo data scraping and is easy to handle, please read more information in this project (https://github.com/dataabc/weiboSpider) and make sure that you have notified the author before using his (their) source code in your dissertation.
So many thanks to Professor Jonathan Gray too! Thanks for having me to wirte this post, helping you guys in King's in your disseration. Hope this helps especially if you guys intend to set digital methods and coding as the mainstay of dissertaion。