make_mention_network

Creates a tbl_graph object from a tibble containing mentioned authors and the authors who mentioend them.

make_mention_network(dataset, process, from, to, size, colour)

Arguments

dataset

A tibble where each row is a separate post.

process

Choose "radarly" or "extract". Indicates whether mentions are already present in a Radarly export or should be extracted from the text.

from

The variable containing the authors of a post.

to

The variable containing authors who are mentioned in a post. If process = "extract", then this should be a raw text variable.

size

The variable which should be represented by node size.

colour

The variable which should be represented by node colour.

Value

A tbl_graph object containing a nodes tibble and an edges tibble.

Examples

make_mention_network(
 dataset = mention_example,
 process = "radarly",
 from = author,
 to = mentions,
 size = `twitter followers`,
 colour = `estimated reach`
)
#> # A tbl_graph: 1277 nodes and 1332 edges
#> #
#> # A directed acyclic simple graph with 16 components
#> #
#> # Node Data: 1,277 × 3 (active)
#>   node_name      `mean_twitter followers` `mean_estimated reach`
#>   <chr>                             <dbl>                  <dbl>
#> 1 160GHz                               NA                     NA
#> 2 1Michael2                            NA                     NA
#> 3 1MoreUSA                             NA                     NA
#> 4 1kevinsime                           NA                     NA
#> 5 3errie                               NA                     NA
#> 6 4Scarrs_Gaming                       NA                     NA
#> # … with 1,271 more rows
#> #
#> # Edge Data: 1,332 × 3
#>    from    to n_mentions
#>   <int> <int>      <int>
#> 1    20   309          1
#> 2    20   903          1
#> 3    20   914          1
#> # … with 1,329 more rows