In the first blog post I expounded upon the hashtag #TrumpTrain and how it is used with reference to the upcoming 2016 United States presidential election. \u00a0Due to these remarks, I expect to see people using this hashtag primarily in the United States, as it is their election and they would clearly have the most to say about it. \u00a0With that being said, I would not doubt it if I found several other countries who use it to express their opinions of the candidate Donald Trump. \u00a0He has an international presence and I am sure many people from around the world have the desire to chime in and make statements about his campaign. \u00a0Further, in reference to latitude and longitude: the vast majority of the tweets will be between 0\u00ba to 90\u00ba latitude and 0\u00ba to -90\u00ba longitude. \u00a0My hometown is within these constraints; however if I had to specifically state where my hometown is located I would guess it is at about 45\u00ba latitude and 70\u00ba longitude. \u00a0Although they may not be included in the\u00a0\u22481% of data with tagged locations,\u00a0I think that my town specifically is\u00a0extremely interested in this debate. \u00a0Being from Kennebunkport, I think we are extremely connected to the discussion of politics because presidents visit on a constant basis and there is always a heated debate as to who likes who and<\/p>\n
117,567 Total Tweets, 30 tweets with geolocations,\u00a0\u22480.025% mappable tweets. \u00a0My first reaction to these numbers is disappointment. \u00a0I was really hoping to see many more geolocated tweets given the vast number of original tweets. \u00a0As Yau states, “visualization is a medium: a way to explore, present, and express meaning in data,”[1] he goes on to further this by stating, “visualization not only lends itself well to narratives but also clarifying and communicating ideas.”[2] \u00a0With that being said, the extremely small amount of data is problematic as it does not express a large enough group of people to be considered influential. Although it may not be influential, it still contains meaning. \u00a0I think that my data will be able to show how it a discussion centralized in the United States of America, but I personally would have like to see many more data points to act as a larger sample size. \u00a0This small number can certainly underrepresent those who are in support of Donald Trump, or those who use the hashtag #TrumpTrain in a negative manner. \u00a0To expound in this question further, I certainly do not think that I have big data. \u00a0As boyd and Crawford discuss in the reading, Critical Questions for Big Data<\/em>, “Big data is less about data that is big than it is about a capacity to search, aggregate, and cross reference large data sets.”[3] \u00a0My data is not large at all, relatively speaking, and is not difficult at all to cross reference and search through. \u00a0There are only 30 entries and thus, an extremely small sample that is in no way big data. \u00a0In asking around people generally had\u00a0less than me; however, when factoring the total number of tweets, their percentage was much higher that mine. \u00a0I found this peculiar because I am under the impression that when you support someone or something you should not withhold information. \u00a0If people are indeed not desiring to share their location on politically sensitive tweets, they may feel embarrassed or threatened regarding their political leanings. \u00a0Secondly, I think that on a global scale, many individuals are becoming much more censored on social media due to the overall dangerousness of the internet and specifically the large number of hackers. \u00a0There is a vast majority of pole who do not want to share their location simply for security reasons. In skimming through my tweets I found that they are certainly centralized in the United States (for reasons I previously explained), although I did find one outlier which I am very interested to find out where it is precisely located. \u00a0Just based of my current latitude and longitude knowledge I think it may be located somewhere in Africa! \u00a0Further, the languages all state “en.” This is due to the fact that they are all, for the most part, located in the United States where the majority of individuals speak english. \u00a0This solidifies my reasoning that the majority of people who tweet using the hashtag #TrumpTrain are english speaking Americans.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n\n\n