[Air-L] Searching for Mentor: Twitter API//Data Collection

[Heather Walker]

Hello Esteemed Internet Researchers,

My name is Heather Walker and I am a PhD candidate at the University of
Illinois at Chicago. For my dissertation project, I am taking a
netnographic approach looking at Twitter and Instagram data. I applied for
access to the Twitter API via their developer site, was approved, and now
have an access key. I've been trying to learn Python by taking free online
courses and watching a million youtube videos. However, I hit a snag every
time and usually can't figure out how to fix it.

I also have been using DiscoverText (incredible tool), but have already
exceeded the data limit, making continued data collection there impossible.

I am reaching out via this listserv to see if there are any lovely
researchers with experience using the Twitter API to aggregate data who may
be willing to mentor me? I am working on several manuscripts right now
using Twitter data, so can offer co-authorship through the partnership. My
interests and collected data thus far revolve around disability, rights,
access, and civic participation, diabetes cultural groups, social movements
using hashtags, and social movement hijacking.

I am also hoping some of you might know about any potential United-States
based workshops that provide hands-on training using big-data digital
methods?

Thank you for your consideration and shared resources.

Cheers!

Heather Walker

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*Heather Walker (Gabel), MS*
Disability Studies Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
College of Applied Health Sciences
University of Illinois, Chicago
hgabel3 at uic.edu : 503.755.7673
1919 W. Taylor Street, Chicago IL