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February 6, 2017October 5, 2017 Hamdan Azhar data science, emojis, politics, R, tutorial

Emoji data science in R: A tutorial

An emoji data science tutorial in R as a complement to the Emojipedia article: "The resistance will be emojified ✊🏽"

December 29, 2016January 15, 2017 Hamdan Azhar data visualization, journalism, politics

2016 Vs. 2012: How Trump’s Win And Clinton’s Votes Stack Up To Romney And Obama

Last week, election results from all states were finally certified. While most headlines focused on Hillary Clinton’s 2.8 million popular votes lead over Donald Trump, the results also debunked claims that had been circulating over the past few weeks.

December 7, 2016February 6, 2017 Hamdan Azhar culture, emojipedia, emojis, politics

Guest post on emojis & Fidel Castro at Emojipedia

The past week has seen a whirlwind of social media activity around the death of Fidel Castro, Thanksgiving, and Black Friday. We were curious about how people used emojis to discuss these topics so we looked at some data from Twitter. Check out the complete post on Emojipedia!

November 26, 2016June 2, 2017 Hamdan Azhar emojis, journalism, politics

The top emojis of Election Day 2016

Could emoji data science have predicted the results of the election? Probably not, but emojis still provide a fascinating glimpse into the emotions of American voters. We used the Twitter API to collect nearly 2 million tweets on Election Day. What did we find? Lots of 🖕s, 🇺🇸s, and 👍, and more.

November 4, 2016December 20, 2016 Hamdan Azhar data visualization, journalism, politics

$776 million of campaign spending in one map

Today, we published our first article in Forbes breaking down the more than $1 billion spent so far in the US presidential election. Sometimes, a map is easier to understand, and we wanted to share the data in a way that hasn't really been done before. So here it is.

July 1, 2016December 20, 2016 Hamdan Azhar emojis, journalism, politics

The Emojis of Great Brexit

Can emojis teach us anything about situations like Brexit With Twitter reporting that 110 billion emojis have been tweeted since 2014, the idea isn’t as fanciful as it might seem. Emojis provide a rich and unexplored prism for understanding the evolution of language and culture.

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