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

Radhika G gradhika2012 at gmail.com
Wed Feb 20 15:07:04 PST 2019


Ian

Yes count me in on such a group as yet another learner.
Thanks

R

On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 5:57 PM Ian O'Byrne <wiobyrne at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Heather and all,
>
> I second Alette's indication that the FutureLearn course on social media
> analytics is awesome.
>
> I'm also in the process of learning/teaching myself a bit more about social
> network analysis this semester/summer to look at Twitter (and other data).
> I'm definitely not a mentor, but I would be interested in teaming up with
> you (and perhaps others) to form a research work group. I think having a
> group of people studying, working, and writing about this together is
> helpful. We could create a small space online where we learn...and teach
> one another.
>
> Let me know if you'd be interested in a collaborative like this.
> - Ian
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> On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 5:16 PM Gohar F. Khan <gohar.feroz at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > In June, there is a 3 days hands-on analytics workshop happening in
> Sydney
> > UTS (mainly for non-coders) which covers some of  the tools you may be
> > interested (e.g., R, Matlab, and NodeXL):
> > https://sites.google.com/view/analytics-workshop-2019/
> >
> > Cheers,
> > GFK
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 5:32 AM Heather Walker <hgabel3 at uic.edu> wrote:
> >
> > > 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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> >
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> > and digital marketing analytics
> > <
> >
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