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Social Media as a Source for Research Data (join a waiting list)
Course Code	HUB-15-15/16-P-R
Organised by	NCRM, University of Southampton
Presenter	Dr Katrin Weller
Date	27/07/2016 - 28/07/2016
Venue	Building 39, University of Southampton, Highfield, Hants
Map	View in Google Maps (SO17 1BJ)
Contact	Jacqui Thorp Training and Capacity Building Co-ordinator National Centre for Research Methods Tel: 02380 594069 Email: jmh6@soton.ac.uk
Description	Social media platforms have become a source of research data for a variety of settings across disciplines. We take a look at their role in social science research. In which situations are social media data offering new ways to study society and human interaction? What can we observe through social media data – and what not? The course covers questions of data quality and representativeness, data collection strategies, and research ethics. Main focus of the course is the conceptual design of social media studies in social science and related disciplines. And while we are touching upon some technical details, this is not a course that explicitly teaches programming skills. The course covers: The social media landscape and user demographics Case studies: social media studies in the social sciences Data collection: general overview of approaches and tools Data analysis: overview of approaches and tools Archiving social media data Research ethics By the end of the course participants will: … know how the social media landscape developed over the course of the past 15 years, be familiar with the most important social media platforms and their potential as objects of study, … be able to judge whether social media sites are a useful source of research data for a particular research question or not, … know the limitations of collecting and analysing data from social media.
Level	Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Cost	The fee per teaching day is: • £30 per day for UK registered students • £60 per day for staff at UK academic institutions, UK Research Councils researchers, UK public sector staff and staff at UK registered charity organisations and recognised UK research institutions. • £220 per day for all other participants. All fees include event materials, lunch, morning and afternoon tea. They do not include travel and accommodation costs.
Website and registration	This event is now full. If you would like to join a waiting list then please contact info@ncrm.ac.uk. Please note that joining a waiting list does not guarantee either a place on this event or on any repeat of this event, were one to take place. You will only be contacted if a place becomes available.
Region	South West
Keywords	Digital Social Research, Mixed Methods, Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research, Online Data Collection , Research Ethics
Related publications and presentations	Digital Social Research Mixed Methods Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Research Online Data Collection Research Ethics
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Training and Events

Social Media as a Source for Research Data (join a waiting list)