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Jair Bolsonaro Social Media Compendium
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About
This data product details the social media activity of Jair Bolsonaro, the 38th President of Brazil, recorded during his initial tenure in office. The collection provides the raw tweets from the official account, commencing 1 January 2019. As a politician and retired military officer who served in the Chamber of Deputies representing Rio de Janeiro, his posts reflect governmental communications and conservative political discourse in Brazil. The data is significant for studying political messaging and digital public engagement metrics.
Columns
The dataset contains five essential columns:
- id: The unique numerical identifier for each Tweet.
- created_at: The UTC timestamp indicating when the Tweet was posted.
- text: The full content of the status update, provided in UTF-8 format.
- retweet_count: The approximate number of times the Tweet has been shared by Twitter users.
- favorite_count: The approximate number of "likes" the Tweet received from Twitter users.
Distribution
The information is available in a CSV file format named
jairbolsonaro.csv, weighing 961.27 kB. The collection includes 4,045 validated records. The data is anticipated to receive updates on a monthly basis.Usage
This data is perfectly suited for academic research into modern political leadership, especially the use of social media by conservative figures. It can be used for sentiment analysis of governmental announcements, tracking changes in public response (via monitoring retweet and favorite counts), and analysing political communication patterns.
Coverage
The dataset focuses exclusively on the official tweets made by Jair Bolsonaro, the President of Brazil. The coverage spans the time range from 22 January 2019 to 10 July 2020, documenting his first presidential year and subsequent months.
License
CC0: Public Domain
Who Can Use It
The primary users include political scientists and researchers studying digital governance and South American politics. Data journalists can use the statistics to generate articles on high-profile global leaders. Social media analysts interested in political engagement metrics and students examining political discourse will also find this resource valuable.
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Original Data Source: Jair Bolsonaro Social Media Compendium
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