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

Thu Feb 21 07:21:31 PST 2019

Also Ilir - can you tell us the name of this channel so we can find it?
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Radhika Gajjala
Managing Editor: Fembot Collective
Co-editor of Ada: Journal of Gender and New Media (adanewmedia.org)

Professor,
School of Media and Communication
and
American Culture Studies Program

Bowling Green State University,
Bowling Green Ohio
http://www.radhikagajjala.org

On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:19 AM Radhika G <gradhika2012 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Great can you let Ian know ? Or we might have multiple such groups which
> is also just fine
>
> On Thu, Feb 21, 2019 at 10:00 AM Ilir Rama <pirorama at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello everyone!
>>
>> I created a Discord channel, so that we can move there to briefly
>> organise where to move and how to strucutre
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Bell, Valarie
>> <Valarie.Bell at unt.edu>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 3:31:59 PM
>> To: Jonathan Schlosser; Alette Schoon
>> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: Re: [Air-L] [EXT] Re: Searching for Mentor: Twitter API//Data
>> Collection
>>
>> Jonathan:
>>
>>
>> I think you are correct. We should have two people to co-host/co-organize
>> this thing so that one person is not swamped with the responsibility for
>> all of it. I will volunteer to co-host such a website/resource site. Who
>> else will co-host with me?
>>
>>
>> Valarie J. Bell, M.A., Ph.D.
>>
>> Computational Social Scientist,
>> Digital Communication Analytics
>> University of North Texas
>>
>> Mayborn Graduate Institute of Journalism
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Air-L <air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Jonathan
>> Schlosser <jonathanphilipschlosser at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2019 7:58:49 AM
>> To: Alette Schoon
>> Cc: air-l at listserv.aoir.org
>> Subject: [EXT] Re: [Air-L] Searching for Mentor: Twitter API//Data
>> Collection
>>
>> 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.linkedin.com%2Fin%2Fjonathanphilipschlosser&data=02%7C01%7CValarie.Bell%40unt.edu%7C61b33f03ffbc4571f78508d69804b773%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636863543357981812&sdata=j6lDvcuqej%2BZmCtGAKrAYI99QO%2F%2FRD0WbnetPzrdidg%3D&reserved=0
>>
>> > 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwiki.digitalmethods.net%2FDmi%2FToolDmiTcat&data=02%7C01%7CValarie.Bell%40unt.edu%7C61b33f03ffbc4571f78508d69804b773%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636863543357981812&sdata=M%2FNRcNuv%2FfVbYsxnlB5hLP6ZyGoyVVCuwXCYN1oiMjQ%3D&reserved=0
>> > 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.futurelearn.com%2Fcourses%2Fsocial-media-analytics&data=02%7C01%7CValarie.Bell%40unt.edu%7C61b33f03ffbc4571f78508d69804b773%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636863543357981812&sdata=wFb%2B7KW2GrS%2BoWPoTtDFqLKjKKaLMXfbXmM%2FiVyCy48%3D&reserved=0
>> > 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://na01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fresearch.qut.edu.au%2Fdmrc%2F2019-dmrc-summer-school%2Fdmrcss19-workshops%2F&data=02%7C01%7CValarie.Bell%40unt.edu%7C61b33f03ffbc4571f78508d69804b773%7C70de199207c6480fa318a1afcba03983%7C0%7C0%7C636863543357981812&sdata=IB8wpjhz%2BKKkLiAW0DyKpos5NeelGllNpdX7oMclyEk%3D&reserved=0
>> >
>> > 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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> Radhika Gajjala
> Managing Editor: Fembot Collective
> Co-editor of Ada: Journal of Gender and New Media (adanewmedia.org)
>
> Professor,
> School of Media and Communication
> and
> American Culture Studies Program
>
> Bowling Green State University,
> Bowling Green Ohio
> http://www.radhikagajjala.org
>