Semantic Analysis of #Jan25

Semantic Analysis of #Jan25 uses over tweets archived with the hashtag #Jan25 during the 18 days of protests against the Mubarak regime. This data visualization analyzes how meaning is conveyed through Twitter by mapping words most associated with each other through various conjunctions, “and, but”, prepositions, verbs, and articles. One of the insights gleaned is there was a big sentiment that “video is history.” This interactive data visualization is a good example of how computers can run semantic analytics on a set of strings (words). It is an interactive experience that demonstrates how a database narrative might express meaning through recombinant and indexical instantiations.