demo/gexftwitter.R

In gvegayon/rgexf: Build, Import and Export GEXF Graph Files

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# Demo of gexf function - An example with real data
# Author: Jorge Fabrega
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pause <- function() {  
  invisible(readline("\nPress <return> to continue: ")) 
}

# Example to be used as a demo for rgexf
# This example uses follower-following relationships among chilean politicians,
# journalists and political analysists on Twitter (sample) by december 2011. 
# Source: Fabrega and Paredes (2012): 'La politica en 140 caracteres'
# en Intermedios: medios de comunicacion y democracia en Chile. Ediciones UDP
pause()

# inputs: twitter accounts of chilean politicians and the list of following relationships
# among them in the online social network Twitter.
# for more information about Twitter, please visit: www.twitter.com
data(twitteraccounts)
data(followers)
pause()

# preparing data 
pause()
nodos <- data.frame(id=1:NROW(twitteraccounts), label=twitteraccounts$label)

nodos.att <- subset(twitteraccounts, select=c(cargo, partido, sector, categoria))
relations <- subset(followers, select=c(source, target))

# Creating the follower-following network in gexf format with some nodes' attribute
pause()
x1 <- gexf(nodos, relations, keepFactors = FALSE, nodesAtt = nodos.att)

summary(x1)