Australian Federal Election 2019 on Twitter
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During the 2019 federal election campaign, the QUT Digital Observatory along with Professor Axel Bruns, Professor Daniel Angus, and Adam Smith collected the tweets from Twitter accounts officially associated with candidates in the election.
Selected publications from the research team analysing this data include:
- Bruns, A., Angus, D., & Graham, T. (2021). Twitter Campaigning Strategies in Australian Federal Elections 2013-2019. Social Media + Society. https://doi.org/10.1177/20563051211063462
- Bruns, A., Angus, D., & Graham, T. (2019, May 17). The 2019 election on Twitter: Watergate, mums, and well-organised independents. The Conversation. http://theconversation.com/the-2019-election-on-twitter-watergate-mums-and-well-organised-independents-117182
- QUT News: Election Twitter chatter: who's sharing and what's trending
This dataset consists of three (3) .csv files, including two containing Tweet IDs and one containing candidate information. Also present are two fact sheets (.pdf).
Refer to Twitter's Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Developer Agreement and Policy for use of the two .csv files containing Tweet IDs.
Access rights
This dataset consists of three (3) .csv files, including two containing Tweet IDs and one containing candidate information.
Use of the two Tweet ID .csv files to rehydrate tweets is solely for non-commercial research purposes and subject to Twitter's terms, including Twitter Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Developer Agreement and Policy. It is a condition of use to cite these .csv files.
The candidate .csv file is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
The two fact sheets included in this dataset are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Geographical area of data collection
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Data focuses on Australian events, but is not restricted to data sourced from Australia.
Publications
Twitter Campaigning Strategies in Australian Federal Elections 2013–2019
http://dx.doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177%2F20563051211063462
Election Twitter chatter: who’s sharing and what’s trending
https://www.qut.edu.au/news?id=144270
The 2019 election on Twitter: Watergate, mums, and well-organised independents
https://theconversation.com/the-2019-election-on-twitter-watergate-mums-and-well-organised-independents-117182
Research areas
Communication
and
media
studies
Australian
government
and
politics
Cite this collection
Bruns, Axel; Angus, Daniel; Smith, Adam; QUT Digital Observatory; (2022): Australian Federal Election 2019 on Twitter. Queensland University of Technology. (Dataset) https://doi.org/10.25912/RDF_1652225222164
Data file types
.csv and .pdf
Licence
Access rights to different files in the dataset are detailed in the Access Rights section.
Copyright
© Queensland University of Technology, 2022.
Dates of data collection
From 2019-05-04 to 2019-05-25
Connections
Has association with
Has chief investigator
Contacts
Name: Digital Observatory
Other
Date record created:
2022-05-05T10:03:42
Date record modified:
2024-03-28T11:47:06
Record status:
Published - Open Access