St. Lawrence University

Introduction

Computational methods for sorting and organizing data can have enormous benefits, especially when there’s a large amount of data to process. Hand encoding, in contrast, can be tremendously labor intensive, yet some types of distinctions that are all but impossible for a computer to make are comparatively easy for a person. Understanding differences between these tagging methods is a crucial aspect of studying Twitter.

TagCloud of Hashtags (Machine Encoded)

TooManyToName besafe MichaelBrown JusticeForMichaelBrown hate riots HTGAWM Unbelievable CNRapp PrayForPeace Occupy prayforSTL knowyourrights Trayvon ACAB ThugMentality WATCH ff USA Uniteblue Clayton OpKKK GrandJuryVerdict alert DONTSHOOT HappeningNow runforjustice PantsUpDontLoot lnyhbt WTF RedNationRising NoPhoneCall peace OpFerguson DanIsom IndictTheCop msnbc HBCUs4Justice BreakingNews teaparty policebrutality ShutItDown boil fox25 Fox gretawire inners pray tgdn MTP MO wpxi PoliceState Manipulation justsaying abc mich TrayvonMartin MarissaAlexander SleepyHollow inequality FergusonMissouri DearFerguson AnonymousOpFerguson Pittsburgh FergusonAction News handsup DarrenWilsonVerdict wontendwell MH370 TamirRice icant StreamTeam fergusongrandjurydecision FrancisSlay FergusonDecision UnionSquare FreeMarissa NeverForget Respect Bullshit BillCosby MLK HandsUpDontShoot racism CashinIn TheLead Cleveland CNN Morehouse RekiaBoyd FergusonVerdict RIPMikeBrown libcrib nbc VerdictDay US NY priorities politics live insane OfficerWilson NYPD GOP on nixon smh GuardianCam rome nojusticenopeace ccot Ebola Castle police racist verdict obama DEM AC360 IndicttheSystem FreeTheHLF5 108Days BlackLivesMatter BlackTwitter factsonly OpDefense Chi2Ferguson freedomofspeech protest BREAKING GrandJuryDecision PrayersForFerguson KKK Palestine disrespect BlackPanic ShantelDavis FergusonRiotTrips Ouch Hagel Thanksgiving oakland StopObamasAmnesty prayforferguson LAPD ProtestInPeace NYC SleepyHolla changePenang JusticeForMikeBrown StLouis FAIL cantrussit FilmThePolice EyesOnFerguson ArrestDarrenWilson mikebrownverdict anonymous republicans history tcot injustice sa AkaiGurley NoJusticeNoProfit merica politicsnation GovNixon riot fb solidarity HowToGetAwayWithMurder FergusonRiotTips lgbt p2 America anarchy grandjury protesters JordanDavis STLTogether justice STL Spelman wilson ImmigrationAction martiallaw Missouri HoodsOff Sad HumanRights Pray4Ferguson Mockingjay caring Peacefully TheDecision JayNixon niteblue FergusonNovember wcvb tlot Seattle indictwilson FergusonEverywhere Chicago FoxNews Atlanta FOX13 2A none Ohio MikeBrown Holder Shaw nerdland KHOU Boston OneLove DarrenWilson FTP Sitroom staywoke fox5atl whitesupremacy Fergsuon FergusonPHL HOUSTON woke STANDFORSOMETHING VerdictOutcome Gruber FergusonGrandJury ksdk cbs LifeofJulia Ferguson BlackFriday indictment Fox7 MTVStars MikeBrownMeans FoolsErrand United Reuters 148feet FergusonLive IndictDarrenWilson pjnet