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Probability-turbulence divergence: A tunable allotaxonometric instrument for comparing heavy-tailed categorical distributions
P. S. Dodds, J. R. Minot, M. V. Arnold +4
Real-world complex systems often comprise many distinct types of elements as well as many more types of networked interactions between elements. When the relative abundances of typ…
Storywrangler: A massive exploratorium for sociolinguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and political timelines using Twitter
Thayer Alshaabi, Jane L. Adams, Michael V. Arnold +5
In real-time, social media data strongly imprints world events, popular culture, and day-to-day conversations by millions of ordinary people at a scale that is scarcely conventiona…
Hurricanes and hashtags: Characterizing online collective attention for natural disasters
Michael V. Arnold, David Rushing Dewhurst, Thayer Alshaabi +4
We study collective attention paid towards hurricanes through the lens of -grams on Twitter, a social media platform with global reach. Using hurricane name mentions as a proxy…
The growing amplification of social media: Measuring temporal and social contagion dynamics for over 150 languages on Twitter for 2009-2020
Thayer Alshaabi, David R. Dewhurst, Joshua R. Minot +4
Working from a dataset of 118 billion messages running from the start of 2009 to the end of 2019, we identify and explore the relative daily use of over 150 languages on Twitter. W…