1,808 tweets from the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs on Twitter/X are analyzed to investigate digital diplomacy. The dataset likely contains tweet content, engagement metrics, and metadata, collected by researcher Marwan Sallam. It was last updated on May 5, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze engagement patterns based on tweet content categories like 'partnerships' mentioned in the description
- Study the structure of diplomatic communication networks based on the described 'centralized and hierarchical' networking
- Investigate the impact of platform 'architecture' (algorithms, retweet mechanics) on message dissemination
Strengths
- Dataset size is precisely defined as 1,808 tweets
- File format is a structured XLSX spreadsheet of 609.5 KB
- License is clearly defined as CC-BY-4.0, allowing open use
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
Provenance
- Source
- figshare
- Collection Method
- Mixed-methods analysis of tweets from the U.S. Bureau of African Affairs Twitter/X account.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-05-05 12:26:01; freshness should be verified
- Geography
- Focus on U.S. diplomatic communication concerning Africa.