Social Media Data Analysis
Date:
02/12/2016
Organised by:
University of Manchester
Presenter:
Mike Thelwall
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Michelle Kelly
cmist-courses@manchester.ac.uk
0161 275 4579
Location:
View in Google Maps (M13 9PL)
Venue:
The University of Manchester
Humanities Bridgeford Street Building
Description:
Outline
This course describes how to use free software Mozdeh and Webometric Analyst to gather tweets and to download comments on YouTube videos. The course will also describe simple methods to gain insights into the meaning of the downloaded texts and to identify patterns within the data.
Objectives
You will learn to use the free Mozdeh and Webometric Analyst software in order to:
- Gather tweets from a specific user or matching a keyword query
- Gather comments on one or more YouTube videos
- Construct network diagrams from users or comments
You will also learn some basic analysis methods for the Twitter and YouTube comments gathered:
- Simple quantitative methods, such as word frequency analysis, gender difference detection, sentiment analysis and time series graphs.
- Content analysis to provide insights into the YouTube or Twitter topic studied
Cost:
£195 (£140 for those from educational, government and charitable institutions).
Website and registration:
Region:
North West
Keywords:
Quantitative Data Handling and Data Analysis, Social media , Twitter , YouTube , text analysis
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