We analyzed the trends following the announcement that Tom Holland is back in the MCU. We used the Boolean (“Tom Holland”) AND (“Spiderman” OR “MCU”) to see how “Tom Holland” trending was affected by the announcement. Latest Activity View post on imgur.com The spike in activity correlates directly with the release of the news, and […]
Read more "Tom Holland is back…and he’s trending"We analyzed the Super Bowl LIV Halftime show as our trending Twitter topic. On September 26, the NFL announced this year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show performers: JLo and Shakira. Here is was our boolean search: (“Shakira”) AND (“Jennifer Lopez” OR “Jlo” OR “halftime show” OR “superbowl” OR “SBLIV”) AND NOT (“Hips Don’t Lie” OR “She […]
Read more "JLo & Shakira Take Over Twitter"I used the boolean phrase (#2020Defender OR “2020 Defender” OR “All New Defender”) -(“Lacrosse”) to analyze media buzz around the new Land Rover Defender. At this date range, conversations around the Defender were declining. However, the massive spike on 9/27 is due to the announcement of a remote control driving feature in development for the […]
Read more "2020 Land Rover Defender Trend Analysis"NHSMC Sysomos: Olivia Johnson, Conor Wight, Olivia Matalon On September 23rd, sixteen-year-old Greta Thunberg made a speech at the UN’s Climate Action Summit in NYC that struck the nation. After her appearance, the Twittersphere exploded with comments about Greta and climate change. The Boolean search was “Greta Thunberg” AND “Climate Change” AND NOT “Donald Trump.” […]
Read more "NHSMC Sysomos: Olivia Johnson, Conor Wight, Olivia Matalon"By Katie Hirsch, Sari Kamp, Emily Kilman and Jaymi Zimmerman We created a search boolean that would provide results that included either ‘Trump,’ ‘Pelosi,’ or ‘inquiry’ in addition to ‘impeach’ or ‘impeachment.’ We chose this setup because it ensured that each tweet would be talking about the impeachment inquiry that Speaker of the House Nancy […]
Read more "The Impeachment Inquiry on Twitter"Tik Tok, a mobile video and music-based social media application created in September 2016, has become viral since its creation—sweeping social media. Similar to a now-deactivated application, Vine, users upload short videos—but unlike Vine, Tik Tok videos are longer than the 6 allotted seconds for Vine videos, and many incorporate music. The Boolean “Tik Tok” […]
Read more "The Dynamics of Tik Tok – Trending Topic Analysis"The NYC Climate Week 2019 took place from the 23rd to the 29th of September. So we decided to explore all the excitement on twitter regarding this topic during a 5 day time period (from the 23rd to the 27th). To analyze the twitter activity focused on the topic of climate week and climate change, […]
Read more "Trending topic assignment Galen and Claire"Boolean search: #climatechange OR #gretathunberg OR #makeamericagretaagain AND climate change OR greta OR thunberg. We wanted to encompass all related hashtags and non-hashtag word mentions to get the widest results. The most retweeted tweet was Candace Owens’, a conservative activist. Her tweet may have generated 26,018 retweets because it’s unique. Few tweets opposed Greta Thunberg’s […]
Read more "Trending Topic Analysis: Greta Thunberg and Climate Change"September 26th was National Pancake Day and Twitter was pouring the syrup on. I delved into Sysomos to discover the sentiment, top tweet, geography, buzz words, and latest activity surrounding #NationalPancakeDay. Shown above is my boolean search terms. I added the original trending hashtag for the day as well as one of the terms in […]
Read more "How did Twitter feel about #NationalPancakeDay?"On September 25th, The Wall Street Journal released a story written by an unknown person who works closely with the White House about the transaction between Donald Trump and the Ukrainian government. The complaint goes into depth about the illegal activity that President Trump and the government covered up when Trump allegedly asked the Ukrainian […]
Read more "Will the real WhistleBlower please stand up? Please stand up."