HACS408V Project #3: Tweet Analysis w/ Twitter API

twaces is a project for HACS408V, a data visualization course at the University of Maryland, College Park (UMD). This course is also part of the Advanced Cybersecurity Experience for Students (ACES) Minor program. In this project, I will utilize Twitter's API to analyze tweets referencing either UMD or ACES. From this data I will attempt to create visualizations for the following:

• A spatial graph that displays where UMD/ACES is mentioned most around the world
• Sentiment analysis on tweets that mention UMD/ACES that will reveal overall public opinions
• Social graphs of the most popular users that tweet about UMD/ACES
• Potentially more!

Presentation

• Tweet Analysis w/ Twitter API

Setup

• Create Twitter developer account
• Create new project and get API key
• Install Tweepy

Data collection

• Create multiple complex search queries for both ACES and UMD
• Create scripts to run initial queries for last 30 days worth of data
• Export data to JSON files

Spatial Analysis

• Extract tweets with location data
• Create a world with pins for each tweet

Sentiment Analysis

• Extract positive and negative tweets
• Create bar chart comparing quantities

Social Analysis

• Extract all users from tweets
• Plot users with highest # of followers
• Pull tweets with highest favorites & retweets

Credits

• Twitter API
• Tweepy
• Python Graph Gallery
• Geocoder
• Bing Maps API