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