A Public Dataset Tracking Social Media Discourse about the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election on Twitter/X
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| author | Balasubramanian, Ashwin Zou, Vito Narayana, Hitesh You, Christina Luceri, Luca Ferrara, Emilio |
| author_facet | Balasubramanian, Ashwin Zou, Vito Narayana, Hitesh You, Christina Luceri, Luca Ferrara, Emilio |
| contents | In this paper, we introduce the first release of a large-scale dataset capturing discourse on $\mathbb{X}$ (a.k.a., Twitter) related to the upcoming 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Our dataset comprises 22 million publicly available posts on X.com, collected from May 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, using a custom-built scraper, which we describe in detail. By employing targeted keywords linked to key political figures, events, and emerging issues, we aligned data collection with the election cycle to capture evolving public sentiment and the dynamics of political engagement on social media. This dataset offers researchers a robust foundation to investigate critical questions about the influence of social media in shaping political discourse, the propagation of election-related narratives, and the spread of misinformation. We also present a preliminary analysis that highlights prominent hashtags and keywords within the dataset, offering initial insights into the dominant themes and conversations occurring in the lead-up to the election. Our dataset is available at: url{https://github.com/sinking8/usc-x-24-us-election |
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| spellingShingle | A Public Dataset Tracking Social Media Discourse about the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election on Twitter/X Balasubramanian, Ashwin Zou, Vito Narayana, Hitesh You, Christina Luceri, Luca Ferrara, Emilio Social and Information Networks In this paper, we introduce the first release of a large-scale dataset capturing discourse on $\mathbb{X}$ (a.k.a., Twitter) related to the upcoming 2024 U.S. Presidential Election. Our dataset comprises 22 million publicly available posts on X.com, collected from May 1, 2024, to July 31, 2024, using a custom-built scraper, which we describe in detail. By employing targeted keywords linked to key political figures, events, and emerging issues, we aligned data collection with the election cycle to capture evolving public sentiment and the dynamics of political engagement on social media. This dataset offers researchers a robust foundation to investigate critical questions about the influence of social media in shaping political discourse, the propagation of election-related narratives, and the spread of misinformation. We also present a preliminary analysis that highlights prominent hashtags and keywords within the dataset, offering initial insights into the dominant themes and conversations occurring in the lead-up to the election. Our dataset is available at: url{https://github.com/sinking8/usc-x-24-us-election |
| title | A Public Dataset Tracking Social Media Discourse about the 2024 U.S. Presidential Election on Twitter/X |
| topic | Social and Information Networks |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.00376 |