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£115 for non-members, £95 for SRA members

http://the-sra.org.uk/event-registration/?ee=422

Following the success of March’s #SoMeEthics conference, the SRA and #NSMNSS are teaming up with 8 expert speakers to present a one-day session on tools for social media research.

The event aims to introduce, in a practical way, some of the things that are possible with social media research. It is aimed at social researchers who want to find out more about what this new methodology can offer, or social media researchers interested in seeing what other tools/techniques are out there.

Our speakers will introduce a mix of (mostly) free-to-use tools, demonstrating with real examples how they can be used in the analysis of a range of social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, blogs, and Flickr. They will cover both quantitative and qualitative social media analysis techniques, including the analysis of both text and image data, network analysis, geographical analysis, and more.

Full Programme

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Steven McDermott, University of the Arts London

– Critically Engaging with Social Media Research Tools

 

Wasim Ahmed, University of Sheffield

– Introduction to NodeXL

 

Luke Sloan, Social Data Science Lab, Cardiff University

– Democratising Access to Social Media Data – the Collaborative Online Social Media ObServatory (COSMOS)

 

Gillian Mooney, University of Leeds

– Using Facebook as a Research Tool

 

Phillip Brooker, University of Bath

– Doing Social Media Analytics with Chorus

 

Sarah Lewthwaite, NCRM University of Southampton

– Developing inclusive and accessible digital methods: engaging critically with your digital toolbox

 

Yeran Sun, Urban Big Data Centre, University of Glasgow

– How to use R and QGIS to find out tourism hotspots in cities

 

Francesco D’Orazio, Pulsar

– Mapping the visual dna of a brand on social media

 

Registration from 9.30am

Tea/coffee and a sandwich lunch is included