Using APIs

SICSS, 2022

Christopher Barrie

Introduction

• Why get tweeters?
  • Get network characteristics
  • Get user demographics
  • Linked survey designs

Introduction

• Why get tweeters?
  • Get network characteristics
  • Get user demographics
  • Linked survey designs

Getting tweeters example

• As alternative to survey: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0259972

Geolocating

Getting ideology

• Using tweetscores

Getting demographics

• Using M3 algorithm

https://github.com/euagendas/m3inference

Comparing to ground truth

Limitations

• Measurement (estimation) error
• Bias…?

  • Offline versus online populations

  • Geolocation bias (?)

• Other applications…?

Group work

1. Come up with a question answerable using get_user_followers() or get_user_following()
2. Formulate code needed to request that data
3. (If access granted) make the API call to get data
4. Consider limitations + design considerations