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Ethnography and social networks in Barcelona May-9 / June-8, 2016. Overview. Goals. 1. To introduce students to the network analysis of social media data, textual, and discourse analysis . 2. To further develop ethnographic training and skills .
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Ethnography and social networks in Barcelona May-9 / June-8, 2016 Overview
Goals 1. To introduce students to thenetworkanalysis of social media data, textual, and discourseanalysis. 2. To furtherdevelopethnographic training and skills. 3. Documentingand analyzingtextual data.
Professors • Sílvia Dominguez – Diana Ramirez • Joan Miquel Verd / Mireia Bolíbar • Beatriz Patraca / José Luis Molina
Modules • Ethnographic Methods II - Seminar B7/1140 with the exception of May-24 and 26 (Seminario A, just in front of the Seminar B7/1140). • Teaching social media tools – Social Media. Tuesday 24th-Thursday 26th, 9h, 15:00-18:00, Computer Lab 506. • Text analysis, and qualitative interview analysis. Monday May-30 - Thursday June-2, 15:00-18:00, 12 h. Seminar B7/1140and Computer Lab 506.
Evaluation (1) • Social Media (3 pts). Practical exercises in group with Gephi during the sessions. • Text Analysis and Interview Analysis (4 pts). • 1 point based on the proven skills to develop a semidirective interview to a classmate • 3 points based on the proven skills to develop an analysis of the interview by using the programs ATLAS.ti and Visone.
Evaluation (2) • Presentation of communications during the final workshop (3 pts). • 1 point based on the capacity to present a ‘research question’ and to analyze your data accordingly • 1 point based on the use of social network analysis applied do textual analysis to answer your ‘research question’ • 1 point based on your skills to communicate to the audience your analysis and findings
Teaching social media tools – Social Media Beatriz Patraca
What about SNS? • Social Networking Sites (state of art) • The everyday online connections in SNA context. • What do we do with all this big data? (giving meaning) • Teamwork and network in SNS
Matrix: nodes and edges • From digital to craft: How to make a data matrix with social data (Instagram) Manual data extraction to understand the basic mechanisms of a data matrix and the relevance of the SNA • Gephi tutorial: Centrality measures, graphics and visualization.
Gephi and SNS data • Simple extraction tools and export to Gephi: (Twitter) and group (Facebook). How to use Gephi program with SNS data (Netvizz and Socioviz) • Looking for institutional accounts Compare and review your information with other sources and accounts. • Review and questions. Presentations.
Evaluation • Practical exercises in group with Gephi during the sessions (Instagram, Facebook and Twitter networks)
Text analysis, and qualitative interview analysis Joan Miquel Verd – Mireia Bolibar
Contents • Introduction to the interview as a tool of social research. (Monday May 30, Lecture room, 15:00-18:00). • Introduction to qualitative analysis with Atlas.ti (Tuesday May 31, Computer Lab 506, 15:00-18:00). • Introduction to network text analysis with Visone (Wednesday June 1, Computer Lab 506, 15:00-18:00). • Workshop: conducting and recording interviews (Thursday June 2, Lecture room).
Cont. • Paper Presentations. Monday 6 and Tuesday 7th of June. Seminar B7/1140. • Monday June-6. Workshop: Codifying interviews and producing semantic and actors’ networks. • Tuesday June-7. Paper presentations.
Evaluation • Exercises on interviewing, coding, and semantic networks based on the programs introduced in class --> ATLAS.ti and visone. • Presentation of communications during the final workshop.