Shah, ChiragFile, Charles2024-04-262024-04-262011-01-01https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14394/31320We present InfoExtractor, a web-based tool for collecting data and metadata from focused social media content. InfoExtractor then provides this data in various structured and unstructured formats for easy manipulation and analysis. The tool allows social science researchers to easily collect data for quantitative analysis, and is designed to deliver data from popular and influential social media sites in a useful and easy to access way. InfoExtractor was designed to replace traditional means of content aggregation, such as page scraping and brute- force copying.InfoExtractorsocial mediapoliticsYouTubeWikipediadata miningresearch toolscontent analysisCommunicationComputational EngineeringComputer EngineeringPolitical SciencePublic Affairs, Public Policy and Public AdministrationScience and Technology Studiesarticle