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

Thu Feb 21 06:36:33 PST 2019

Hi all,

I am a PhD researcher about social media data collection and also interested in joining this group and learn more about digital methods to collect data via social/digital media. Thanks.

Best wishes,

Sharon

PhD Researcher at University of Warwick, UK
> On 21 Feb 2019, at 14:20, virginia lazaro villa <virginialazarovilla at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> I am also interested in joining this group, to learn for my research about
> Instagram content related to identities.
> 
> All the best,
> virginia lazaro
> 
> El jue., 21 feb. 2019 a las 14:05, Major, Rachael (<Rachael.Major at gov.gg>)
> escribió:
> 
>> Thank you. I would be really interested in this. Used Twitter for
>> recruitment during my EdD but want to use it more for future research
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> 
>> Dr Rachael Major
>> Institute of Health and Social Care Studies
>> Guernsey
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Sent from my Samsung Galaxy smartphone.
>> 
>> 
>> -------- Original message --------
>> From: Radhika G <gradhika2012 at gmail.com>
>> Date: 21/02/2019 13:39 (GMT+00:00)
>> To: isioma chiluwa <isioma.chiluwa at covenantuniversity.edu.ng>
>> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] Searching for Mentor: Twitter API//Data Collection
>> 
>> 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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>>> Disability Studies Ph.D. Candidate (ABD)
>>> College of Applied Health Sciences
>>> University of Illinois, Chicago
>>> hgabel3 at uic.edu : 503.755.7673
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