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This is a Twitter online tracker of the Chilean referendum for a new Constitution in October 2020, which contains merged and daily data sets on #Apruebo and #Rechazo viewpoints on this social media.
The newest data sets were collected in February 2023 in JSON format. The original data sets in CSV UTF-8 were scraped and uploaded regularly. Some of the variables are date, hour, username, tweet text, RT count, fav count, location, among others. The data were collected during the afternoon each day. A couple of exceptions, such as October 6th and 26th, 2020, were collected early morning on the following day. This is not an issue because the data could be sliced, and in order to work with the whole period, it is necessary to merge the sets and retain unique cases in the case of the original sets.
The files in
JSONare in a secured, private repository. Data available upon request.
| Batch | Month | Year | N | Size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batch-01 | Aug. | 2020 | 612,854 | 1.23 GB | JSON |
| Batch-02 | Sep. | 2020 | 989,019 | 1.98 GB | JSON |
| Batch-03 | Oct. | 2020 | 1,111,440 | 2.30 GB | JSON |
| Batch-04 | Nov. | 2020 | 17,507 | 32.5 MB | JSON |
These data sets were used in this research project. Following current ethical considerations on social media research, the original sets in
CSV UTF-8are in a secured, private repository to protect users-specific information and geolocated data. Data available upon request.
| Dataset | Date | Year | N | Size | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #Apruebo | Nov. 01 | 2020 | 45,195 | 46.5 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Nov. 01 | 2020 | 22,142 | 24.0 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 31 | 2020 | 50,244 | 52.1 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 31 | 2020 | 27,331 | 29.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 30 | 2020 | 53,889 | 56.1 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 30 | 2020 | 33,479 | 36.6 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 29 | 2020 | 57,567 | 60.1 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 29 | 2020 | 38,636 | 42.1 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 28 | 2020 | 59,994 | 62.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 28 | 2020 | 42,398 | 45.2 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 27 | 2020 | 63,778 | 66.7 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 27 | 2020 | 50,539 | 53.7 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 26 | 2020 | 65,261 | 68.2 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 26 | 2020 | 52,946 | 56.2 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 25 | 2020 | 47,798 | 50.7 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 25 | 2020 | 56,688 | 60.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 24 | 2020 | 34,038 | 37.0 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 24 | 2020 | 51,661 | 55.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 23 | 2020 | 32,773 | 35.7 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 23 | 2020 | 49,758 | 53.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 22 | 2020 | 28,278 | 31.0 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 22 | 2020 | 46,961 | 51.6 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 21 | 2020 | 25,804 | 28.2 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 21 | 2020 | 45,902 | 50.5 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 20 | 2020 | 25,167 | 27.3 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 20 | 2020 | 45,186 | 49.7 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 19 | 2020 | 22,479 | 24.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 19 | 2020 | 40,575 | 44.5 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 18 | 2020 | 19,825 | 21.7 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 18 | 2020 | 36,607 | 40.1 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 17 | 2020 | 18,776 | 20.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 17 | 2020 | 36,764 | 40.2 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 16 | 2020 | 18,609 | 20.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 16 | 2020 | 35,427 | 38.5 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 15 | 2020 | 18,738 | 20.5 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 15 | 2020 | 35,741 | 38.7 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 14 | 2020 | 18,634 | 20.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 14 | 2020 | 36,729 | 40.7 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 13 | 2020 | 19,568 | 21.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 13 | 2020 | 36,281 | 40.1 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 12 | 2020 | 21,218 | 23.1 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 12 | 2020 | 38,122 | 42.2 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 11 | 2020 | 21,709 | 23.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 11 | 2020 | 34,779 | 38.0 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 10 | 2020 | 20,562 | 22.3 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 10 | 2020 | 33,350 | 36.4 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 09 | 2020 | 19,366 | 21.0 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 09 | 2020 | 30,696 | 33.6 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 08 | 2020 | 19,960 | 21.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 08 | 2020 | 31,076 | 34.2 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 07 | 2020 | 20,014 | 21.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 07 | 2020 | 30,396 | 33.3 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 06 | 2020 | 20,938 | 22.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 06 | 2020 | 30,926 | 33.8 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 05 | 2020 | 22,222 | 23.9 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 05 | 2020 | 32,821 | 36.1 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 04 | 2020 | 24,065 | 25.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 04 | 2020 | 34,413 | 37.6 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 03 | 2020 | 26,960 | 28.6 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 03 | 2020 | 37,364 | 40.8 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 02 | 2020 | 26,628 | 28.3 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 02 | 2020 | 38,545 | 42.4 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Oct. 01 | 2020 | 27,270 | 28.9 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Oct. 01 | 2020 | 38,697 | 42.4 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Sep. 30 | 2020 | 26,814 | 28.5 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Sep. 30 | 2020 | 36,528 | 39.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Sep. 29 | 2020 | 25,833 | 27.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Sep. 29 | 2020 | 36,921 | 40.4 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Sep. 28 | 2020 | 25,900 | 27.3 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Sep. 28 | 2020 | 36,546 | 39.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Sep. 27 | 2020 | 24,158 | 25.4 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Sep. 27 | 2020 | 32,945 | 35.9 MB | CSV |
| #Apruebo | Sep. 26 | 2020 | 21,982 | 23.1 MB | CSV |
| #Rechazo | Sep. 26 | 2020 | 31,244 | 33.9 MB | CSV |
This repository is linked to the OSF-Project (DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/73NDB). This site was updated on a regular basis, see the CHANGELOG.
The GitHub repository has controlled access with Two-Factor Authentication 2FA with two physical USB security devices (Bastián González-Bustamante, ORCID iD 0000-0003-1510-6820). USB devices issue one-time passwords to generate a cryptographic authentication FIDO2 and U2F.
We used R v4.0.2 -- Taking Off Again and the following packages: dplyr, rtweet, and tidytext. During data gathering in JSON format in 2023, we used R v4.2.2 -- Innocent and Trusting and academictwitteR package.
The content of this project itself is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0), and the underlying code used to format and display that content is licensed under an MIT license.
The above implies that both material and underlying code may be shared, reused, and adapted as long as appropriate acknowledgement is given.
González-Bustamante, B. (2023). Twitter Online Tracker of the Chilean Referendum for a New Constitution (Version 2.0.1 -- Purple Silence) [Computer software]. University of Oxford, Universidad de Santiago de Chile (USACH) and Training Data Lab. DOI: 10.17605/OSF.IO/73NDB.
I am completing my DPhil (PhD) dissertation in the Department of Politics and International Relations and St Hilda's College at the University of Oxford, United Kingdom.
Further details on my website bgonzalezbustamante.com.