1. A computer-implemented method of displaying social media data, the method comprising: obtaining, using a processor, social media data having associated context information, the obtained social media data including at least first social media data from a first social media outlet and second social media data from a second social media outlet and the associated context information comprising a time for each item of social media data; and providing a user interface that displays: a selectable timeline section; at least one other section showing a representations of at least one item of the first social media data and a representation of at least one item of the second social media data such that when a new time of the selectable timeline is selected the at least one other section is modified to reflect the content of the first social media data and the second social media data at the selected time.
1. A computer-implemented method of displaying social media data, the method comprising: obtaining, using a processor, social media data having associated context information, the obtained social media data including at least first social media data from a first social media outlet and second social media data from a second social media outlet and the associated context information comprising a time for each item of social media data; and providing a user interface that displays: a selectable timeline section; at least one other section showing a representations of at least one item of the first social media data and a representation of at least one item of the second social media data such that when a new time of the selectable timeline is selected the at least one other section is modified to reflect the content of the first social media data and the second social media data at the selected time. 6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one other section comprise at least one of: a ticker section that displays the obtained social media data temporally beginning from the selected time; a geographic section that provides a map showing geographically sources of the first and second social media data; a social media outlet section that indicates relative percentages of the obtained social media data that each of a plurality of social media outlets provided; a topics section that displays one or more topics related to the obtained social media data beginning at the selected time; a counter section that identifies a number of occurrences of a term or keyword within the obtained social media data for a time period; a sentiment section that represents user sentiment within the obtained social media data.