Grantglass/social-media-workshop

Materials for the DHSI Short Workshop: Social Media Research in the Humanities

Social Media Analysis in the Humanities

Repository for the Social Media Research workshop at the Digital Humanities Summer Institute.

Preparing for the Workshop

To prepare for this course, please:

• Sign-up for a DH box account (http://dhbox.org/signup)
• Sign-up for a twitter account— if you don’t have one already (https://twitter.com/i/flow/signup?lang=en).

DHSI Schedule

1pm-1:15pm: Introduction and Twitter handles (https://docs.google.com/document/d/10x8H6GIls_7OcA9buAdb2AhKLgbSOFvcEWR3iG8rWQo/edit?usp=sharing)

1:15-1:45pm: Discussion of the ethics in social media research. (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1j_6gJuQlP1U-LGotZMCELp2DpSOLPSMdKt7P-K6TOxo/edit?usp=sharing)

1:45pm-2:15pm: What does social media research look like in the classroom and beyond? (https://www.icloud.com/keynote-live/sc:0kitlciU2randCyBS5h27NUbRFkaylezkDYNd4G_pGDf1GKAXdpTnj0FbkV9WOjoa0E)

2:15pm-2:30pm: Break

2:30pm-3:00pm: Brief introduction to DH Box and the command line.Introduction to the command line

3:00pm-3:30pm: Introductions to the Twitter API and Python.Twitter API,What is an API?

3:30pm-4:00pm: Introduction to TAGS and coding tweets.(https://tags.hawksey.info/get-tags/)

Practical Materials

• Introduction
• What is an API?
• Introduction to the command line
• Twitter API

Territory acknowledgement

As you might know University of Victoria is built on the territory of the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ. The DHSI team acknowledges with respect the Lkwungen-speaking peoples on whose traditional territory the university stands and the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEĆ peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

Diversity Statement

I value the opinions and perspectives of individuals from all diverse backgrounds. My goal is that all students’ needs are addressed in this course and all perspectives are valued. I broadly define diversity to include race, gender, national origin, ethnicity, religion, social class, age, sexual orientation and physical and learning ability. I strive to make this classroom an inclusive space for all minority student groups. I value your input to improve the climate of my classroom.