Update (November 2024): Since the publication of this post, Twitter has revised its API access policies, and it is no longer freely accessible in the same way it once was. As a result, the app described in this post does no longer work and has therefore been taken offline. If you are interested in the code behind the app, that is still available at https://github.com/resulumit/LikeWise.
This post introduces LikeWise — a Shiny app that retrieves and filters users’ likes on Twitter.
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When Dogan Media was bought by a pro-Erdogan businessman, many suspected a change in the position of its news outlets in the long-run. I compare the tweets by Hurriyet—Dogan’s top-selling daily—in two presidential elections, before and after the sale. I find unmistakable changes in the way the newspaper approached the candidates, increasing its bias towards Erdogan in the election months after the sale.
Most news media are divided into pro- and anti-Erdogan camps in Turkey.
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