{"product_id":"mining-social-media-finding-stories-in-internet-data-paperback-1","title":"Mining Social Media: Finding Stories in Internet Data - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLam Thuy Vo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed\u003c\/i\u003e News Senior Reporter Lam Thuy Vo explains how to mine, process, and analyze data from the social web in meaningful ways with the Python programming language.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDid fake Twitter accounts help sway a presidential election? What can Facebook and Reddit archives tell us about human behavior? In \u003ci\u003eMining Social Media\u003c\/i\u003e, senior BuzzFeed reporter Lam Thuy Vo shows you how to use Python and key data analysis tools to find the stories buried in social media. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether you're a professional journalist, an academic researcher, or a citizen investigator, you'll learn how to use technical tools to collect and analyze data from social media sources to build compelling, data-driven stories. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLearn how to: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cli\u003eWrite Python scripts and use APIs to gather data from the social web\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eDownload data archives and dig through them for insights\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eInspect HTML downloaded from websites for useful content\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eFormat, aggregate, sort, and filter your collected data using Google Sheets\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eCreate data visualizations to illustrate your discoveries\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003ePerform advanced data analysis using Python, Jupyter Notebooks, and the pandas library\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cli\u003eApply what you've learned to research topics on your own\u003c\/li\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSocial media is filled with thousands of hidden stories just waiting to be told. Learn to use the data-sleuthing tools that professionals use to write your own data-driven stories.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLam Thuy Vo \u003c\/b\u003eis a senior reporter at BuzzFeed News where she focuses on the intersection of technology, society, and social media data. She has reported for The Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera America, and NPR's Planet Money, telling economic stories across the US and throughout Asia. Vo has also spent over a decade as an educator, training newsrooms and developing courses for the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 9.1 x 6.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 25, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47213314703609,"sku":"9781593279165","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/jx2vgoJEJV9781593279165_551ec143-1ee8-4c00-9b62-c4ca26cd54e1.webp?v=1768104551","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/mining-social-media-finding-stories-in-internet-data-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}