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SUMMARY:Social Media Data! Practical and Ethical Collection\, Visualization\, and Management
DESCRIPTION:From Reddit threads to TikTok trends\, social media is deeply 
 embedded in our daily lives. These platforms fuel polarization\, connect 
 queer communities\, raise awareness about rare diseases\, amplify both 
 grassroots movements and gender-based violence\, and even shape the new 
 recipes we cook for dinner. With this flood of seemingly public content\, 
 it’s no surprise that researchers are increasingly turning to social 
 media as a rich (and complicated!) source of data.\n\nThis hands-on 
 workshop covers both practical techniques and ethical considerations for 
 working with social media data. You’ll learn from experts across digital 
 scholarship\, research data management\, and data analysis:\n\n\n	How to 
 Collect to Social Media Data: Digital Scholarship Librarian John Fink will 
 demo manual collection and scraping tools like the Digital Methods 
 Initiative's Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.\n	How to Analyze Social Media Data: Data 
 Analysis and Visualization Librarian Subhanya Sivajothy will intro how to 
 comb through social media data and show patterns.\n	How to Manage Social 
 Media Data: Research Data Management Specialist Danica Evering will share 
 tools and best practices for wrangling and organizing social media 
 data.\n	How to Navigate Social Media Data Ethics: Digital Scholarship 
 Coordinator Alexis-Carlota Cochrane will explore ethical considerations for 
 researching social media\, including strategies for protecting privacy and 
 minimizing harm throughout the research and publication process.\n\n\nBy 
 the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to:\n\n\n	Collect 
 social media data using both manual and automated scraping tools like 
 Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.\n	Analyze datasets to identify key trends and 
 insights with introductory data exploration techniques.\n	Organize and 
 manage social media data effectively by applying recommended best practices 
 and tools.\n	Understand and address ethical challenges in social media 
 research\, including protecting privacy and minimizing harm at all 
 stages.\n\n\nThis session is ideal for researchers\, students\, and 
 practitioners across disciplines who are curious about using social media 
 data in their work and want to approach it thoughtfully\, ethically\, and 
 responsibly.\n\nDetails: Any preparatory work for the session can be found 
 on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared 
 on the same page\, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre's Online 
 Learning Catalogue.\n\nFacilitator Bio: \n\nAlexis-Carlota Cochrane 
 (she/they) is the Digital Scholarship Coordinator at the Sherman Centre for 
 Digital Scholarship. In her role\, she connects students\, faculty\, 
 staff\, and community members to resources\, tools\, and training that 
 advance their digital research projects. Alexis is also PhD Candidate in 
 the Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts at McMaster 
 University. Her research interests include critical data studies\, platform 
 studies\, data feminism\, online harms\, data justice\, and digital 
 humanities.\n\nDanica Evering holds broad experience with research 
 support\, education\, project management\, advocacy\, and knowledge 
 translation\; with fluency in social practice art\, healthcare\, community 
 research\, data\, and systems development. Danica supports students\, 
 postdocs\, faculty\, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data 
 Management Plans\, storage and backup\, data security\, data sharing. With 
 an MA in Media Studies from Concordia\, they are interested in fostering 
 RDM within curious scholars and disciplines.\n\nJohn Fink is the Digital 
 Scholarship Librarian in the Sherman Centre.\n\nSubhanya Sivajothy 
 (she/her) brings a background of research in data justice\, science and 
 technology studies\, and environmental humanities. She is currently 
 thinking through participatory data design which allow for visualizations 
 that are empowering for the end user.\n\nCertificate Eligibility: This 
 workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre's certificate program. For more 
 information\, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for 
 the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more\, visit 
 ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca.\n\nCredit Eligibility: This workshop 
 counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are 
 enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions\, 
 please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.
ORGANIZER;CN="The Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship (SCDS)":MAILTO:scds@mcmaster.ca
CATEGORIES:New, DMDS, DRI Training, SCDS Sponsored Events, Workshops
CONTACT;CN="The Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship (SCDS)":MAILTO:scds@mcmaster.ca
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