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

[Radhika G]

So there are two things this group can do

1) Peer mentor about the implications of these sorts of methods and how and
if they dominate to such an extent that we reproduce neocolonial
hierarchies and further invisibilize context ...

2) peer learning- coz we have to know different things in order to
understand and yeah we all want that twitter data

R

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 8:33 AM isioma chiluwa <
isioma.chiluwa at covenantuniversity.edu.ng> wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I am also interested in joining this group. I am a PhD student with
> research interest in language of identity in online social movements. I
> also have problems with retrieving and analysing data.  I would also need
> this mentorship.
>
> Regards
>
> On Feb 20, 2019 17:32, "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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> College of Applied Health Sciences
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