I have updated my Tweet Narrative about the Iran election. This one uses 141,000 tweets from the time period June 14-20th, 2009. I have also improved the algorithm that selects the characteristic tweets. The changes are difficult to describe succinctly but did reduce the number of tweets that started with 'RT'. This helps meet my primary goal of constructing a readable summary of the content. For this analysis I also only counted the first 10 tweets from any particular account which helps prevent the tweets from a few individual accounts from dominating the results.
Date | Characteristic Tweet |
Jun 14 20:12 gmt | WTF! They're bringing tanks on the streets in Tehran #iranelection * |
Jun 15 00:51 gmt | @Change_for_Iran 5:17am people outside are burning Saderat bank building or as it seems from this far #iranelection * |
Jun 15 07:13 gmt | @IranNewsNow HUGE NEWS!!!! CNN reports that GRAND AYATOLLA SANAI has issued FATWA to resist govt that steals #IranElection * |
Jun 15 10:24 gmt | Iran supreme leader orders probe of vote fraud #iranelection * |
Jun 15 18:43 gmt | BEST FILTER SHEKAN: www.julo.free4r.com/prox.html #IranElection * |
Jun 15 21:26 gmt | Please postpone maintenance! #nomaintenance #iranelection * |
Jun 16 01:52 gmt | Twitter Reschedules Maintenance Around #IranElection Controversy * |
Jun 16 05:09 gmt | Iran has blocked "#iranelection" Use #Tehran or #Iranians * |
Jun 16 11:18 gmt | #iranelection cyberwar guide for beginners * |
Jun 16 16:32 gmt | unconfmd major incident at Azadi - shooting - fires - ppl running #Iranelection * |
Jun 16 22:28 gmt | pls everyone change your location on tweeter to IRAN inc timezone GMT+3.30 hrs - #Iranelection - cont.... * |
Jun 17 03:44 gmt | NYT publishing sensitive names of Iranians on Twitter. Get them to stop! #NYTfail #iranelection * |
Jun 17 05:52 gmt | BLOCK @serv_ SPREADING MISINFOMATIONS #iranelection * |
Jun 17 09:29 gmt | Tehran march TODAY 5pm - 7Tir Sq - Meydan 7 Tir - silent - sea of green - #Iranelection * |
Jun 17 15:17 gmt | Show support for #iranelection add green overlay to your Twitter avatar with 1-click - http://helpiranelection.com/ * |
Jun 17 18:56 gmt | news - Mousavi & Khatami have delivered joint letter to Ministry of Justice demanding release of protestors - #Iranelection * |
Jun 18 02:15 gmt | "Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle." -Dr.Martin Luther King #iranelection * |
Jun 18 05:00 gmt | DOA Remix (Death of the Ayatollahs). Theme song for #IranElection www.myspace.com/revolutionofthemindhiphop * |
Jun 18 11:00 gmt | Today - Sea of Green - Imam Khomeine Sq - 4pm - Tehran - All wear BLACK - we pray together - #Iranelection * |
Jun 18 14:46 gmt | MOUSAVI - 25% inflation means IGNORANCE - THIEVING - CORRUPTION - where is the wealth of my nation? #Iranelection RT * |
Jun 18 21:28 gmt | RT @andylevy BREAKING: Faulty #iranelection results attributed to Clerical errors. * |
Jun 18 23:15 gmt | confirmed - Saeed Rajaie's (a prominent Iranian wartime martyr) wife has been arrested while praying in Qom - #Iranelection * |
Jun 19 04:29 gmt | [Mashable] Facebook Releases Persian Translation for #IranElection Crisis http://tinyurl.com/kuzmc4 * |
Jun 19 09:31 gmt | #iranelection Khamenei: (summery) (( correction )) Crowed yell: Death to england * |
Jun 19 13:21 gmt | situation in Iran is now CRITICAL - nation is heartbroken - suppression is iminent - #Iranelection * |
Jun 19 21:06 gmt | Mousavi's offices are trashed, Mousavi's staff in police custody, Mousavi is missing. #iranelection #gr88 #clarification * |
Jun 19 23:22 gmt | #IranElection Must watch video & read transcript at the same time. Chills Pls RT after you watch. http://bit.ly/10qe5H * |
Jun 20 06:44 gmt | whenwill we all stand together ascitizens of thewrld and demandour elected officials tohelp? one day wecould be in that crowd #iranelection * |
Jun 20 08:28 gmt | Google Earth to update satellite images of Tehran #Iranelection http://twitition.com/csfeo * |
Jun 20 13:26 gmt | Unconfirmed: Bomb Blast in Khomeini's shrine #iranelection * |