Overview

The rapid growth in the use of social media and the availability of data to analyze it has opened up immense new and exciting possibilities for social and political inquiry. To equip students with the ability to conduct such research themselves, this course provides an introduction to the analysis of social media data. It covers the analysis of these data from the research design stage through to data collection, data cleaning, and methods for analysis. The course thus takes a hands-on approach to conducting empirical research to answer some of the big questions in social media research. Students will become familiar with the many research designs and methods available for conducting social media research; learn to be critical of existing methods and research designs; and develop the technical skills to conduct such research themselves.

Class location

Time: Tuesdays from 13-17

Classroom: CSS 2-1-18

Office Hours & E-mail

Gregory Eady
E-mail: gregory.eady@ifs.ku.dk
Office: 18.2.10
Office hours: Fridays 13-15 (by scheduled meeting)
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Course Materials

The course will rely solely on academic articles which will be available online. Students will therefore not need to purchase any books. All reading materials will be posted on this website under “Readings”. If any of the links for the readings do not work, please let me know.