[Air-L] Software or tool for video analysis, forum-scraping

[Roberto de Roock]

In terms of video, the best software out there (in my experience) are
Transana (https://www.transana.com/) and ELAN (
https://tla.mpi.nl/tools/tla-tools/elan/).

Both are specifically for video analysis and allow syncing of multiple
video or audio streams. They differ in terms of the types of analysis they
are geared towards.

I prefer Transana as it works well for large data sets so you can code
across files and assemble "collections" of different video segments - so
can do a grounded theory analysis (for example) similar  to what NVIVO
allows. It also has a multiuser version that I am trying out with my team
now (but I'm not terribly impressed so far).

The main appeal of ELAN is that you can code (horizontally) along the video
timeline, which is really nice for detailed multimodal (or multilayered)
data.

You can find some of my writing on using video analysis to examine digital
activity in classrooms, including syncing multiple views (specifically
on-screen and around computers):
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Roberto_De_Roock

Happy to answer any questions.

Cheers,

Roberto



On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 11:54 PM, Toupin, Rémi <toupin.remi at uqam.ca> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> I am a PhD candidate in Science, technology, society at UQAM (Université
> du Québec à Montréal) as well as the coordinator of a research
> infrastructure we are putting in place to study the use of digital
> technologies and medias through thick data approaches. As such, we plan to
> have a lot of video data - wether on field or at the lab - and we are
> looking for a software or a tool that would help us analyze this data.
> Basically, we are looking for something where we could annotate the video
> (something like NVivo but better suited for video) while integrating other
> layers of data (ex. the verbatim of the interview), possibly by
> synchronizing these layers together (if that is possible). We were
> wondering if such a tool might exist, and if yes, what might be some of
> your suggestions?
>
> We are also planning to have data extracted from social media, web sites
> or forums. About the forums, we were wondering if there was any tool (like
> a web-scraper maybe?) that could help us extract publications/conversations
> automatically through some filters?
>
> Thank you very much for your help! We are looking forward to make this new
> research space running.
>
> Rémi Toupin
> toupin.remi at uqam.ca
> Co-coordinator LabCMO
> PhD Candidate - Science, technology and society
> Université du Québec à Montréal
> _______________________________________________
> The Air-L at listserv.aoir.org mailing list
> is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org
> Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/
> listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org
>
> Join the Association of Internet Researchers:
> http://www.aoir.org/
>