TWITTER UKR-PL DATABASE

The dataset contains posts from the X/Tweeter platform. Extraction of unstructured data from X/Twitter has been performed using R scripts through the Application Programming Interface (API) v2 for Academic Research, which enabled researchers to retrieve posts from the entire X/Twitter archive. At the time the data was collected, access to the Twitter API for Academic Research was still possible, but was restricted after the company changed its policy in February 2023. The post selection criteria were (i) posts published in the Polish language, (ii) posts containing the keywords “Ukraińcy” (“Ukrainians”), “w Polsce” (“in Poland”), and (iii) posts that were published between 22 February 2022 (12:00 a.m. CET) and 31 December 2022 (11:59 p.m. CET). The time frame selected for this study is related to the date when the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine and the closing date of the first calendar year of the conflict. The X/Twitter users included in the data analysis were those who sent posts with the above-mentioned characteristics during the pre-defined period. Unverified users were also included, as one of the objectives of the study was to analyse message dissemination. A total of 55,035 posts (original content), reposts (forwarded content), and replies (discussions among users) were collected. These were then extracted, and imported into NodeXL software, which is a professional tool for analysing social media, used in many research projects.Rows are posts. Columns are variables, described as:Vertex1: Author of the postVertex2: Target of the interaction (the user whose tweet is being retweeted or replied to)Relationship: Type of interaction (Tweet, Retweet, Reply)Relationship Date: Time of post publicationTweet: Content of the postRetweet Count: Number of repostsFavorite Count: Number of likesReply Count: Number of replies to the postQuote Count: Number of times the post was quotedHashtags in Tweet: Hashtags included in the post (if any)URLs in Tweet: URLs included in the post (if any)Domains in Tweet: Referenced domains (if any)Mentions in Tweet: Mentions in the post (if any)Media in Tweet: Referenced media (if any)Media Type: Type of referenced media (if applicable)Twitter Page for Tweet: Link to the webpage with the source tweetTweet Date (UTC): Date of original tweet publicationTweet Image File: Avatar of the post's authorImported ID: ID of the post after importConversation ID: Thread ID to which the post is assignedIn Reply To Tweet ID: ID of the post to which this post is a reply (if applicable)Quoted Status ID: ID of the post that was quoted (if applicable)Retweet ID: ID of the repostAuthor ID: ID of the post's authorVertex1 Group: User group to which the post's author was assigned through clusteringVertex2 Group: User group to which the recipient of the post was assigned through clustering