Social Media As Social Science Data

This book provides a methodological pathway for scholars who want to build their own big data framework for collecting social media data, and using content analysis, geographic analysis, and network analysis. It will appeal to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the social sciences.

List of contents

1. Why social media matters to the social sciences; 2. Getting started with social media data; 3. Content analysis of social media data; 4. Geospatial analysis of social media data; 5. Network analysis of social media data; 6. The ethics of using social media data.

About the author

Steven Lloyd Wilson is an assistant professor of politics at Brandeis University, project manager for the V-Dem Institute, and co-PI of the Digital Society Project. His research focuses on comparative democratization, cyber-security, and the effect of the Internet and social media on authoritarian regimes, particularly in the post-Soviet world.

Summary

This book provides a methodological pathway for scholars who want to build their own big data framework for collecting social media data, and using content analysis, geographic analysis, and network analysis. It will appeal to advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the social sciences.

Product details

• Authors: Steven Lloyd Wilson, Steven Lloyd (Brandeis University Wilson, Steven Lloyd (University of Nevada Wilson
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.11.2022
• EAN: 9781108733779
• ISBN: 978-1-108-73377-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Strategies for Social Inquiry; Methods for Social Inquiry
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Communication science; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Research, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Statistics, Social research & statistics, Social research and statistics