Who Did US Congress Retweet in 2017

Version
1
Resource Type
Dataset
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geographic information system (GIS) data, other, text
Creator
- Hemphill, Libby (University of Michigan)
- Schopke, Angela (University of Michigan)
- Hodge, Caroline (University of Michigan)
- Bredernitz, Chris (University of Michigan)
Publication Date
2018-12-31
Free Keywords
Congress; twitter
Description
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Abstract
This dataset includes the retweets posted on Twitter by accounts associated with members of the US Congress in 2017. The list of accounts combines two sources:- Justin Littman's list (https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/UIVHQR)
- The United States project list (https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators)
Temporal Coverage
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2017-01-01 / 2017-12-31Time Period: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2017--Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 2017 (Calendar Year 2017)
Geographic Coverage
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United States
Sampled Universe
462 Twitter accounts related to the US Congress
- 447 members of the United States Congress (MCs)
- 15 accounts associated with (a) former or deceased MCs or (b) campaigns associated with MCs
Collection Mode
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other~~
Availability
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Update Metadata: 2019-10-10 | Issue Number: 1 | Registration Date: 2019-10-10