4-8 July 2016
Venue: University of Manchester - methods@manchester Summer School
Presenters: Professor Mike Thelwall and Rosalynd Southern
Summary
This course will give participants an introduction to analysing data taken from the social web. It will discuss the broader debates around social web data and provide hands-on sessions in several tools, such as Webmetrix and Mozdeh, which allow us to collect and analyse such data.
Course timetable
Monday afternoon:
Introduction to online research
This session will take the form of a lecture outlining how online data sources are becoming increasingly common in a number of different areas of research. The session will also include an overview of the debates that surround online research
Tuesday:
Session 1) Introduction to content analysis
Session 2) Content analysis of emails sent by electoral candidates during the 2015 General Election Campaign
Session 3) Introduction to Webometric Analyst 2.0 and workshop on collection of tweets using Webometric Analyst; more on content analysis of tweets
Session 4) Content analysis of Tweets collected in session 3.
Wednesday:
Session 1) Predicting a General Election outcome using Twitter data. A case study methodology and brief introduction to sentiment analysis
Session 2) Adapting traditional research methods using online tools
Session 3) Introduction to Mozdeh and workshop on automated collection, filtering and text analysis of tweets using Mozdeh
Session 4) Collection and automated text analysis with Mozdeh.
Thursday:
Session 1) Automated co-word and gender analyses of tweets with Mozdeh
Session 2) Automated sentiment analysis of social media text with SentiStrength and within Mozdeh
Session 3) Gathering comments and other information about YouTube videos with Webometric Analyst
Session 4) Collection of YouTube data and manual content analysis of YouTube comments
Friday morning:
Session 1) Final work on individual projects; preparation of initial results for presentation to the group
Session 2) Presentation of results by participants to the group; final discussion and questions
Course tutors
The course will be presented by:
Professor Mike Thelwall<http://www.wlv.ac.uk/about-us/our-schools-and-institutes/faculty-of-science-and-engineering/all-faculty-staff/school-of-mathematics-and-computer-science-staff/professor-mike-thelwall/> - University of Wolverhampton
Mike Thelwall is Professor of Information Science and leader of the Statistical Cybermetrics Research Group at the University of Wolverhampton, which he joined in 1989. He is also Docent at the Department of Information Studies at Åbo Akademi University, and a research associate at the Oxford Internet Institute.
Rosalynd Southern - University of Manchester
Rosalynd Southern is a Research Associate at the University of Manchester. Her research focusses on online electoral campaigning and she has conducted studies on the 2010 and 2015 UK General Elections assessing how online tools were used by both voters and elites.
Course requirements
No prior knowledge or reading is needed and no materials are needed.
Course fees
Students £600 | Other attendees £900
Booking is open via http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/events/summer-school-2016/
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This course forms a part of the methods@manchester Summer School.
Courses being held at the methods@manchester Summer School 2016<http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/events/summer-school-2016/> include:
* A system for statistical analysis using R and the R-commander (Dr Graeme Hutcheson) - 4 - 8 July 2016
* Creative Approaches to Qualitative Researching (Prof Brian Heaphy, Prof Sue Heath, Dr Helen Holmes, Prof Jennifer Mason, Dr Sophie Woodward) - 4 - 8 July 2016
* Introduction to SNA using UCINET and Netdraw (Prof Martin Everett, Prof Nick Crossley, Dr Elisa Bellotti) - 4 - 8 July 2016
* Researching Public and Voluntary Organisations (Nick Clifford and Nigel de Norohna) - 5 - 7 July 2016
* Researching social media data (Prof Mike Thelwall and Rosalynd Southern) - 4 - 8 July 2016
* Statistical analysis of social networks (Dr Johan Koskinen) - 11 - 15 July 2016
* Structural Equation Modelling using Mplus (Dr Bram Vanhoutte) - 11 - 15 July 2016
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