IU Data Scientists Launch Free Tools to Analyze Online Trends, Memes
Thursday, May 5, 2016 - 12:20
in Mathematics & Economics
The power to explore online social media movements -- from the pop cultural to the political -- with the same algorithmic sophistication as top experts in the field is now available to journalists, researchers and members of the public from a free, user-friendly online software suite released today by scientists at Indiana University. The Web-based tools, called the Observatory on Social Media, or "OSoMe" (pronounced "awesome"), provide anyone with an Internet connection the power to analyze online trends, memes and other online bursts of viral activity. The tools are online at online at osome.iuni.iu.edu.