[Air-L] tools to extract data from Facebook public pages and open groups

[jose marichal]

Hi Tim (and all),

I did a content analysis of political Facebook groups and am afraid to
admit that I used a simple cut and paste... if it's a qualitative analysis
you're doing, it's only practical to analyze a few hundred cases anyway.

Good luck,
Jose


On Fri, Jul 13, 2012 at 5:32 AM, Hale, Timothy M. <TMHALE at partners.org>wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am looking for a tool that will extract content from Facebook public
> Pages and open Groups. I am not interested in collecting user profile data
> or conducting any type of network analysis - although tools that can
> collect additional data that fits my needs might work. Ideally, I am
> looking for a tool that can collect from specified Pages/Groups the entire
> set of comments and posts to the Page/Group, and if possible, "Likes" and
> other forms of user activity.
>
> I am considering a research project analyzing content of Pages and Groups
> and would like an alternative to creating PDFs and manually entering data.
>
> Thanks for your help!
> Tim
>
>
>
> The information in this e-mail is intended only for the person to whom it
> is
> addressed. If you believe this e-mail was sent to you in error and the
> e-mail
> contains patient information, please contact the Partners Compliance
> HelpLine at
> http://www.partners.org/complianceline . If the e-mail was sent to you in
> error
> but does not contain patient information, please contact the sender and
> properly
> dispose of the e-mail.
>
> _______________________________________________
> 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/
>



-- 
_______________________________________________________________________________________

josé marichal, ph.d. | associate professor | political science
<http://about.me/marichal>
department | california lutheran university
60 w. olsen road | #3800 | thousand oaks, ca  91360
805-493-3328