Social Media Mine

Abstract

The Social Media Mine is designed to now-cast events in Pakistan. As per user choice, the relevant events would be plotted on map. This software system is a Real-time Analyzer for Social websites (Twitter) and News. This system provides the user, the opportunity to view the location of various events taking place in different cities of Pakistan. By mapping the user’s required events on the Google map, the system shall meet the user’s needs efficiently. The system consists of a News Information Extractor that keeps track of news information from news websites. It searches and extracts customized information (related to news) based on user preferences. A Status (Tweets) Information Extractor keeps track of status (tweets) information from twitter website. It searches and extracts customized information (related to tweets) based on user preferences. An Event Information Storage that stores information extracted about news/tweets. Which is used further in pattern recognition and event mapping. A Pattern Extractor that identifies pre-defined events from the news/tweets and the location and time of the event. An Event Mapper module that plots the event on the Google maps. Social Media Mine is a new product. The conception of its idea was originated with the aim of providing combine real time information from different types of media (news/social). Real time monitoring of social conditions is an important part of developing early warning systems for social and economic crunches for a particular region. Information from different media is available but there is no product which integrates this information. It is possible to gather valuable information by monitoring the social communication of people. A rich source of getting this info is social media, such as Twitter and News websites like Nation and Dawn news. By the analysis of this data one can get the opinion of people. Social media mine offers a new experience to users which will be time saver and different at the same time.