Iowa Research Online

Title

Twitter Data Stream: Unemployment Jumps

Authors

G. R. Boynton, University of IowaFollow

Document Type

Data Set

Publication Date

11-6-2009

Twitter Search Words

unemployment, up, rises, jumps

Search Start Date

2009-10-02T12:00-6:00

Search End Date

2009-11-22

Abstract

Twitter data stream collected following two Washington Post news alert:

8:32 a.m. ET Friday, October 2, 2009

Unemployment Rate Rises to 9.8 Percent

8:31 AM EDT Friday, November 6, 2009 Unemployment rate jumps to 10.2 percent

U.S. employers shed 190,000 jobs lost in October

Total Messages

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