TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data

Telegram’s growing role as a digital communication platform creates opportunities and challenges for analyzing public discourse. TeleCatch, an open-source tool, simplifies access to data from public Telegram groups and channels, requiring no programming skills. Built with FastAPI and Telethon, it en...

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Main Authors: Ruscica, Giosue, Tucci, Giulia, Carneiro, Bia
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2025
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168745
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Tucci, Giulia
Carneiro, Bia
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description Telegram’s growing role as a digital communication platform creates opportunities and challenges for analyzing public discourse. TeleCatch, an open-source tool, simplifies access to data from public Telegram groups and channels, requiring no programming skills. Built with FastAPI and Telethon, it enables collection management, rapid sampling, and retrieval of text and media, offering a privacy-focused, decentralized approach. TeleCatch has proven valuable in studies on human mobility and food security, supporting diverse research fields. Future updates will enhance search capabilities and visualization features, further expanding its applicability for digital communication and social media analysis.
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spelling CGSpace1687452025-11-11T19:01:56Z TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data Ruscica, Giosue Tucci, Giulia Carneiro, Bia software development data collection data data analysis social media big data Telegram’s growing role as a digital communication platform creates opportunities and challenges for analyzing public discourse. TeleCatch, an open-source tool, simplifies access to data from public Telegram groups and channels, requiring no programming skills. Built with FastAPI and Telethon, it enables collection management, rapid sampling, and retrieval of text and media, offering a privacy-focused, decentralized approach. TeleCatch has proven valuable in studies on human mobility and food security, supporting diverse research fields. Future updates will enhance search capabilities and visualization features, further expanding its applicability for digital communication and social media analysis. 2025-03 2025-01-09T07:19:35Z 2025-01-09T07:19:35Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168745 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Ruscica, G.; Tucci, G.; Carneiro, B. (2024) TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data. Software Impacts 23: 100736. ISSN: 2665-9638
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big data
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Tucci, Giulia
Carneiro, Bia
TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title_full TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title_fullStr TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title_full_unstemmed TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title_short TeleCatch: An open-access software for visualizing, filtering and extracting Telegram messages data
title_sort telecatch an open access software for visualizing filtering and extracting telegram messages data
topic software development
data collection
data
data analysis
social media
big data
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/168745
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