Attitudes Toward Twitter Content for Depression Advocacy and Awareness

For part of this project, I created visualizations using Cytoscape. I prepared the data for visualization with python code.

Visualization of network of hashtags used with #depression

Visualization of twitter users mentioned with the #depression hashtag

Visualization of users that were retweeted while using the #depression hashtag

I worked on an Information Technology honors in the major research thesis. I also studied the conversation taking place within the hashtag #depression using social network analysis. I also conducted a survey to better understand user reaction to hashtags that co-occur with #depression. This experience allowed me to work under a faculty mentor and get experience designing and conducting an academic study.

See my undergraduate thesis here.