The data available online is staggering. More than 20% of Americans were using Twitter at the time of the study – and each Tweet is timestamped and geocoded, offering precise information on the time and place that particular terms entered conversations.

The researcher behind the study, Jack Grieve at the University of Birmingham, UK, analysed more than 980 million Tweets in total – consisting of 8.9 billion words – posted between October 2013 and November 2014, and spanning 3,075 of the 3,108 US counties.

Source: BBC Technology News

Date: May 7th, 2018

Link: http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20180504-feeling-litt-the-five-hotspots-driving-english-forward

Discussion

1) What sorts of research might you be able to conduct using Twitter feeds?

2) What might be some issues or drawbacks of using Twitter feeds for research?