What is the goal of the project? 

This project was an analysis of what was being tweeted and by whom throughout the State of the Union address in 2014. It shows how the speech was received across the country.

Which academic fields is this project within?

This falls within political science and data science.

Does the site make an argument?

No

What are the components?

The information is displayed on an interactive line graph and an interactive map which matched up to the different sections of the speech.

What methods are used?

Twitter API, Twitter analytics, and D3.js

Who is the target audience?

The target audience is the general public.

About the data

The data is the timeline, frequency, and geotags of hashtags and the state of the union address.

Open Source?

Yes

Who made this?

Nikolas Belmonte (@Philobg) was the main creator, with a few small contributors on GitHub.