Social Media Observatory Workshop

The Social Media Observatory (SMO) of the Hamburg section of the Research Institute Social Cohesion is organising the first Social Media Observatory Starter Workshop on the topic of Twitter. The workshop, which will take place online, is aimed at people who are interested in computational social science (CSS) with a focus on social media, but have little experience with it.

2:00 p.m. Platform Characteristics and Relevance of Twitter
3:00 p.m. Guidelines for Ethical Research with Twitter Data
3:45 p.m. Break
4:15 p.m. Example Studies with Twitter Data
5:15 p.m. Existing Datasets and Collections of Twitter Data
6:00 p.m. Conclusion

9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.

11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Joint conclusion with keynote speech and discussion on the topic of social media data access for researchers from a legal, ethical and public policy perspective.