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

Wed Feb 20 10:32:30 PST 2019

I'm definitely not up on the coding aspect of it, but for my dissertation research I found Reyerson University's Social Media Lab and their list of free social media scraping resources immensely helpful: 
http://socialmediadata.org/social-media-research-toolkit/

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On 2/20/19, 12:16 PM, "Air-L on behalf of Alette Schoon" <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org on behalf of A.Schoon at ru.ac.za> wrote:

    Dear Heather

    Axel Bruns from QUT in Australia does a very hands-on course on how to  
    use T-CAT, a scraping tool using the live twitter api:
    https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ToolDmiTcat
    He combines the data with the Tableau visualisation tool, which  
    provides great tools to turn your hashtags in your database into lines  
    that rise and fall over time, rank your most prolific tweeters, etc.  
    There is an online course you can do where Axel presents social media  
    analytics - I'm not sure to what extent it overlaps with the T-CAT  
    course.
    https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/social-media-analytics
    I attended the Digital Media Research Methods workshop QUT's Digital  
    Media Research Methods Centre run every December - you should apply to  
    attend next year, it is really very good.
    https://research.qut.edu.au/dmrc/2019-dmrc-summer-school/dmrcss19-workshops/

    Best
    Alette

    Alette Schoon (PhD)
    School of Journalism and Media Studies
    Rhodes University
    SOUTH AFRICA

    Quoting Heather Walker <hgabel3 at uic.edu>:

    > 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
    >
    > --
    > *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
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