Excerpt of hashtag clusters related to 5 Summer2014 events (full data in additional material).
| SAX* parameters: W = 10, ∆ = 1day, τ = 2, δ = 0, 35, |∑| = 2, fenglish > 49 . | ||||
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| K-means parameters: as in Muntean, Morar, and Moldovan (2012), with K = 73 (average # of clusters in SAX* when fenglish > 49) . | ||||
| SAX* clusters, only English tweets . | SAX* clusters, multilingual tweets . | SAX* cluster peak-date . | Best k-means cluster . | Event description . |
| C27 [Freedom, America, GodBlessAmerica, Happy4thofJuly, merica, Happy4th, Merica, HappyIndependenceDay, Murica, fireworks, happy4th, indepenceday, murica, freedom, america] | C14 [indepenceday, merica, Happy4th, America, Merica, Happy4thofJuly, Murica, america, fireworks, freedom, murica, happy4th] | July 4th | [4thOfJuly, 5SOSCANADIANTOUR, 5sosAmnesiaMusicVideo, BestFeelingKapag, Boston, FIR365, GazaUnderAttack, GermanyBattleReady, HappyIndependenceDay, +more unrelated hashtags] | Independence day |
| C6 [hollandvsargentina, netherlandsvsargentina, NEDvsARG, NEDARG, ARGvsHOL, ARGvsNED] | C53 [VamosArgentina, arg, ARG, Arg, Argentina, Messi, Romero, VAMOSARGENTINAQUESEPUEDE, VamosArgentinaQueSePuede, VamosMessi, argentina, messi, Higuain, WM2014, Penales] | July 9th | [AMAs, AsianAnal, BRA, CFL, CalIMeCam, CoblosNomor1_PrabowoHatta, Friends, HNYTrailerOn15thAugust, HupHollandHup, Knicks +more unrelated hashtags] | Holland Argentina (World Cup) |
| C19 [prayforgaza, PrayForPalestina, FreePalestine, PrayForGaza, PrayForPalestine, SaveGaza, SavePalestine, HappyHeechulDay] | C52 [SavePalestine, FreePalestine, Palestinalibre, PrayForGaza, PrayForPalestina, PrayForPalestine, SaveGaza, PalestineVaincra, HappyHeechulDay] | July 9th | [5sosLikeSocks, Battleground, CALLMECAM, EUI4LTU, FebruaryWish, FreePalestine, Gemini, IsraelUnderAttack+more unrelated hashtags] | Gaza war |
| C54 [Putin, Russia, MH17, Ukraine, Malaysia, MalaysiaAirlines, prayforMH17, 5DaysFor1D, PrayForMH17, LouisDeservesTheWorld, WeLoveYouLouis, MH370, MalaysianAirlines, PrayforMH17] | C88[Putin, Russia, MH17, Ukraine, Malaysia, MalaysiaAirlines, PrayForMH17, MH370, MalaysianAirlines, PrayforMH17, prayforMH17, ukraine, mh17, LouisDeservesTheWorld, WeLoveYouLouis, SmileLouis, reinasdeluiscoronel, LuisCoronelPJ, luiscoronelpj, mejorvestidoluiscoronel] | July 17th | [49ers, 5sosRockOutWithYourSocksOutTour, ASG2014, BGC12, DepressingDisney, EminemWembley, GirlProblems, HappyEngagementElounor, MalaysiaAirlines, NYC, NiallsNeymarTattoo, PopAsiaGOT7, PrayForMH17+more unrelated hashtags] | Malaysia airplane crash and Ukraine crisis |
| C58 [RobinWilliams, sosad, DeadPoetsSociety, MrsDoubtfire, Jumanji, Legend, Robin, legend, RIPRobin, RIPRobinWillams, Rip, riprobinwilliams, RIPRobinWilliams, robinwilliams, RIP, rip, sad] | C53 [RIP, Legend, MrsDoubtfire, RIPRobinWilliams, RobinWilliams, legend, robinwilliams, Jumanji, makeuptransformation, rip, RIPRobinWillams, sad, QEPD, RipRobinWilliams, riprobinwilliams, DEP] | August 11th | [19MillionSalmaniacsOnFB, 1MonthOf1DInPortugal, DownloadDirtyDancerNow, EngvInd, GetToKnowYouOnItunes, JAKEBOYS, JustWaitOnIt, LLWS2014, LetsBeCops, Monday, ProphetMuhammad, RIProbinwilliams+more unrelated hashtags] | Robin Williams suicide |
| SAX* parameters: W = 10, ∆ = 1day, τ = 2, δ = 0, 35, |∑| = 2, fenglish > 49 . | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| K-means parameters: as in Muntean, Morar, and Moldovan (2012), with K = 73 (average # of clusters in SAX* when fenglish > 49) . | ||||
| SAX* clusters, only English tweets . | SAX* clusters, multilingual tweets . | SAX* cluster peak-date . | Best k-means cluster . | Event description . |
| C27 [Freedom, America, GodBlessAmerica, Happy4thofJuly, merica, Happy4th, Merica, HappyIndependenceDay, Murica, fireworks, happy4th, indepenceday, murica, freedom, america] | C14 [indepenceday, merica, Happy4th, America, Merica, Happy4thofJuly, Murica, america, fireworks, freedom, murica, happy4th] | July 4th | [4thOfJuly, 5SOSCANADIANTOUR, 5sosAmnesiaMusicVideo, BestFeelingKapag, Boston, FIR365, GazaUnderAttack, GermanyBattleReady, HappyIndependenceDay, +more unrelated hashtags] | Independence day |
| C6 [hollandvsargentina, netherlandsvsargentina, NEDvsARG, NEDARG, ARGvsHOL, ARGvsNED] | C53 [VamosArgentina, arg, ARG, Arg, Argentina, Messi, Romero, VAMOSARGENTINAQUESEPUEDE, VamosArgentinaQueSePuede, VamosMessi, argentina, messi, Higuain, WM2014, Penales] | July 9th | [AMAs, AsianAnal, BRA, CFL, CalIMeCam, CoblosNomor1_PrabowoHatta, Friends, HNYTrailerOn15thAugust, HupHollandHup, Knicks +more unrelated hashtags] | Holland Argentina (World Cup) |
| C19 [prayforgaza, PrayForPalestina, FreePalestine, PrayForGaza, PrayForPalestine, SaveGaza, SavePalestine, HappyHeechulDay] | C52 [SavePalestine, FreePalestine, Palestinalibre, PrayForGaza, PrayForPalestina, PrayForPalestine, SaveGaza, PalestineVaincra, HappyHeechulDay] | July 9th | [5sosLikeSocks, Battleground, CALLMECAM, EUI4LTU, FebruaryWish, FreePalestine, Gemini, IsraelUnderAttack+more unrelated hashtags] | Gaza war |
| C54 [Putin, Russia, MH17, Ukraine, Malaysia, MalaysiaAirlines, prayforMH17, 5DaysFor1D, PrayForMH17, LouisDeservesTheWorld, WeLoveYouLouis, MH370, MalaysianAirlines, PrayforMH17] | C88[Putin, Russia, MH17, Ukraine, Malaysia, MalaysiaAirlines, PrayForMH17, MH370, MalaysianAirlines, PrayforMH17, prayforMH17, ukraine, mh17, LouisDeservesTheWorld, WeLoveYouLouis, SmileLouis, reinasdeluiscoronel, LuisCoronelPJ, luiscoronelpj, mejorvestidoluiscoronel] | July 17th | [49ers, 5sosRockOutWithYourSocksOutTour, ASG2014, BGC12, DepressingDisney, EminemWembley, GirlProblems, HappyEngagementElounor, MalaysiaAirlines, NYC, NiallsNeymarTattoo, PopAsiaGOT7, PrayForMH17+more unrelated hashtags] | Malaysia airplane crash and Ukraine crisis |
| C58 [RobinWilliams, sosad, DeadPoetsSociety, MrsDoubtfire, Jumanji, Legend, Robin, legend, RIPRobin, RIPRobinWillams, Rip, riprobinwilliams, RIPRobinWilliams, robinwilliams, RIP, rip, sad] | C53 [RIP, Legend, MrsDoubtfire, RIPRobinWilliams, RobinWilliams, legend, robinwilliams, Jumanji, makeuptransformation, rip, RIPRobinWillams, sad, QEPD, RipRobinWilliams, riprobinwilliams, DEP] | August 11th | [19MillionSalmaniacsOnFB, 1MonthOf1DInPortugal, DownloadDirtyDancerNow, EngvInd, GetToKnowYouOnItunes, JAKEBOYS, JustWaitOnIt, LLWS2014, LetsBeCops, Monday, ProphetMuhammad, RIProbinwilliams+more unrelated hashtags] | Robin Williams suicide |