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

Radhika G gradhika2012 at gmail.com
Thu Feb 21 07:16:58 PST 2019


Yup our subgroup has already been discussing that option

Will add you to our list

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:15 AM Jonathan Schlosser <
jonathanphilipschlosser at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>         I am thinking that it might be good to create a website, or use an
> app like discord to host this group. We could then create dedicated spaces
> for resources, conversations, etc. that could help organize all of the
> different conversational streams happening here and assist new people in
> following the  mass of information being provided here. I am not sure who
> is creating the group but that might be better than relying on a listserv
> structure. Thoughts?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jonathan Schlosser
> First-Year PhD Student
> UNC School of Media and Journalism
>
> Email: JSchloss at ad.unc.edu
> Website: JonathanSchlosser.com
> LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanphilipschlosser
>
> > On Feb 20, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Alette Schoon <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. Candida
> <https://maps.google.com/?q=Disability+Studies+Ph.D.+Candida&entry=gmail&source=g>te
> (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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