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Linking Twitter & Survey Data

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Online via Zoom
 
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Fees:
Students: 100 €
Academics: 150 €
Commercial: 300 €
 
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Lecturer(s): Luke Sloan, Libby Bishop, Johannes Breuer

About the lecturer - Luke Sloan

About the lecturer - Libby Bishop

About the lecturer - Johannes Breuer

Course description

The workshop will cover the conceptual, ethical, and operational issues associated with linking Twitter and survey data. We will begin by thinking about what new opportunities this form of linked data provides. We will then move on to the challenges associated with designing, collecting, and sharing this type of linked data. Drawing on experiences from the instructors' research, we will explore issues around data access, informed consent, disclosure, security, and archiving. The workshop will consist of a combination of short lectures, practical sessions, and discussions.


Target group

Participants will find the course useful if:
  • They want to combine Twitter data and survey data for their research
  • They are interested in finding solutions for the practical and ethical challenges related to linking Twitter data and survey data


  • Learning objectives

    By the end of the course participants will:
  • Be aware of the potentials but also the challenges of linking survey and Twitter data
  • Be able to address the ethical issues related to working with linked survey and Twitter data
  • Be able to choose appropriate options for collecting Twitter data and linking them with survey data
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    Organizational structure of the course
    The workshop will consist of a combination of short lectures, practical sessions, and discussions.


    Prerequisites

    Participants should:
  • Have a basic understanding of key survey concepts such as informed consent, anonymity, and data security
  • Be familiar with traditional ethical frameworks that govern social science research
  • Have a basic understanding of what Twitter is and why it might be useful for social scientists
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    Software requirements
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