[Air-L] Comment scraping

[Casey Tesfaye]

Jacob, Jasmine, etc,,

That software looks great! But expensive! I wonder if there is a cheaper
alternative? (I'm working with the same type of data)

Otherwise, we the multipronged approach has been the best I've encountered:
text file + screen shot + html file

Thanks,
Casey


On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 10:57 PM, Jacob Groshek <jgroshek at gmail.com> wrote:

> I highly recommend Discovertext.  http://discovertext.com/
>
> Easy to use, good tech support if/when you need it.  Built in coding
> system.  Also can export to spreadsheet (if necessary) with subscription.
>
> Best,
>
> Jacob
>
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> Assistant (Visiting) Professor
> Digital Media and Research Methods
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>
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>
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 2:47 PM, Jasmine E McNealy <jemcneal at syr.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello All,
> >
> > I'm looking for ideas on the best software to use for comment scraping.
>  I
> > plan on doing quantitative content and qualitative textual analysis on
> the
> > comments connected to an article on an online pubulication.  The
> > publication uses Disqus for comments, and ideally I'd like a program that
> > would maintain the integrity of the comment relationships.  Any and all
> > ideas are appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > JM
> >
> > Jasmine McNealy
> > Assistant Professor
> > S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communication
> > Syracuse University
> > 215 University Place
> > Syracuse, NY 13210
> > 315-443-1151
> > http://ssrn.com/author=1357319
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