This workshop will introduce researchers and graduate students in the field of migration to the increasing use of social media as a means to gather information about migration behaviours and mobility patterns. We will explore cases of Twitter and online forums to conduct migration research, identify a set of best practices, and introduce tools to assist researchers in mining social media data.
Participants will be introduced to applications of social media data to migration topics such as the formation of an online identity, identifying ethnic and language networks, gauging public opinions on topics, and identifying spatial integration of ethnic groups. (No prior programming experience required.)
In this workshop you will learn:
What are the types of research questions that can be addressed using social media as data
How social media can further support migration research
What the best practices are in mining data from social media sources
What qualitative and quantitative tools are available for data extraction and analysis
How this workshop will be delivered:
The workshop will be delivered through case analysis and demonstrations. Netlytics will be explored in this workshop.
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