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Blogging and Microblogging: Archiving and Preserving Non-Official Voices in China’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

Weibo Accounts Captured

As a part of this project, we collected a sample stream from Weibo beginning in August 2009. In addition, below is a list of sample Weiibo accounts that this project follows. Accounts followed change over time as new ones emerge or others disappear.

反腐败伸张正义的博客
法治说
刘茉香举报省农垦局领导腐败
反腐败 
反贪老太张秀芳
打假反腐专员
惩治腐败还民耕地
恨腐败
炮轰腐败
全民反腐败
史海觅珠 
开封检察
中纪-关注农村腐败
南方都市报
人民日报
人民网
新闻调查卧底反腐记者张子保达人 
反腐倡廉网络舆情
反腐联盟杜春艳
南方周末
法制晚报
央视新闻
澎湃新闻
国际反贪
法制网
最高人民检察院
南方日报
新浪财经
检察日报
人民网
丰都检察

Weibo Data Dictionary

 

Field

Description

Example

created_at

Date and time the tweet was created, in ISO 8601 format and UTC time zone.

2016-12-21T19:30:03+00:00

weibo_id

Sina Weibo identifier for the tweet.

4060309792585658

screen_name

The unique screen name of the account that authored the weibo, at the time the weibo was posted.

下厨房

followers_count

Number of followers this account had at the time the weibo was harvested.

3655329

friends_count

Number of users this account was following at the time the weibo was harvested.

2691

reposts_count

Number of times this weibo had been reposted at the time the weibo was harvested.

68

topics

Topics (similar to hashtags) from the weibo text as a comma-separated list.

反腐

in_reply_to_screen_name

If the weibo is a reply, the screen name of the original weibo’s author. (This is not yet supported by Sina Weibo.)

打腐败促正义

weibo_url

URL of the weibo. If the tweet is a retweet made

http://m.weibo.cn/1618051664/4060300716095462

text

The text of the weibo.

《上访歌》 村骗乡、乡骗县, 一直骗到国务院。 国务院,说督办, 皮球踢回街道办。 信访局,街道办, 地痞流氓当骨干, 忽悠耍赖最拿手, 百姓冤情无人管。 逼你含冤去上访, 打击报复整你惨! 公安局,维稳办, 权力大过执政党。 害你倾家又荡产, 逼你妻离子又散。 法治民生叫得响, 合理诉求何不办

url1

First URL in text of weibo, as shortened by Sina Weibo.

http://t.cn/RM2xyx6

url2

Second URL in text of weibo, as shortened by Sina Weibo.

http://t.cn/Rc52gDY

retweeted_text

Text of original weibo when the collected weibo is a repost.

转发《上访歌》

retweeted_url1

First URL in text of original weibo, as shortened by Sina Weibo.

http://t.cn/RVR4cAQ

retweeted_url2

Second URL in text of original weibo, as shortened by Sina Weibo.

http://t.cn/RMAJISP

 

Sample Post

Sample Weibo Post: Fight Corruption and Promote Justice

A Sample Post by the account "打腐败促正义“

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