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Using Social Media Data for Research: Potentials and Pitfalls

Materials for the 2022 GESIS workshop "Using Social Media Data for Research: Potentials and Pitfalls"

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Schedule

Day 1 (05.12.): Introduction and Data Collection.

09:30-11:00 Introduction to Social Media Research

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Introduction to Data Collection

12:00-12:30 Break

12:30-14:00 Hands-on Data Collection and Examples

Day 2 (06.12): Data Preprocessing and Analysis

09:30-11:00 Data Preprocessing and analysis

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Exercise for Data Preprocessing and analysis

12:00-12:30 Break

12:30-14:00 Introduction to existing frameworks for Error Identification and Characterization

Day 3 (12.12.): Error Frameworks for Identifying Limitations Social Media Research

09:30-11:00 Recap of hands-on examples from last week and exemplary research scenarios

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Potential error sources in social media research

12:00-12:30 Break

12:30-14:00 hands-on error identification + Case Study: Potential error sources in social media research

Day 4 (13.12.): Planning and Documenting a Social Media Study

09:30-11:00 Group work: designing a social media study and identifying errors

11:00-11:15 Break

11:15-12:00 Introduction to documentation approaches for social media data

12:00-12:30 Break

12:30-14:00 Group work: documenting an example case; discussion and conclusions