Collecting Social Media Data/

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

Online course : (5 hr.)

Place of Publication:

London : SAGE Publishing 2020

Summary:

This introductory course is perfect for those looking to start utilizing social media data in their research to uncover the wealth of new insights and opportunities it brings. It teaches the essentials of collecting social media data and how to navigate the inherent challenges in working with this kind of data. This course will set learners up to effectively plan, gather and analyze social media data, equipping you to undertake research projects using social media data.This course will help learners to: • Understand how social media data presents challenges that differ from other types of data, particularly in relation to research ethics. • Be empowered to effectively plan a social media data based project, including the data collection strategy, data storage and curation, and analysis. • Gather, clean and analyze social media data using Workbench. MODULE ONE: ETHICAL SOCIAL MEDIA METHODS 1.Social Media Data and informed consent 2.What should I consider before undertaking Social Media Research? 3.The Importance of Context 4.A framework for Ethical research with social media data MODULE TWO: PLANNING YOUR DATA COLLECTION 1.Social media as a sample 2.Think before you collect 3.The challenges of selecting and collecting appropriate data 4.Taking a grounded approach to tweets MODULE THREE: GETTING THE DATA - MANUAL AND AUTOMATED APPROACHES 1.What is the right collection approach 2.Example: Webscraping when there isn’t an API 3.The legality of webscraping 4.The role of APIs 5.Manually collecting Twitter data 6.Example: A manual approach to data collection 7.Collecting and organising data manually MODULE FOUR: GETTING PRACTICAL - TOOLS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH 1.Social network analysis 2.About Netlytic 3.Optional Practical: Try out Netlytic 4.Other tools for social media research 5.Pre-built vs custom built tools MODULE FIVE: INDEPENDENT TWITTER PROJECT 1.Project Planning checklist 2.Explore further with additional resources

ISBN:

1-5297-5434-8

OCLC:

1200116935