Author: Bernhard Rieder

Invitation – Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research Workshop (May 8, 2023)

When: May 8th, 13:00-16:00

Where: On site in Amsterdam, City Center Campus (location follows per email)

Interested in learning how to work with social media data? Join us for the third workshop of CAT4SMR, the initiative that builds and maintains Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research! 

On May 8th in Amsterdam, we will introduce interested scholars to two powerful tools (4CAT and the YouTube Data Tools) for the data-driven analysis of online platforms such as 4chan, Instagram, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube. The goal is to help students (Master’s, PhD) and researchers (all levels) integrate social media analysis in their research and teaching.

The first part (13:00-15:00) will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of 4CAT and YouTube Data Tools. How and why to use them, how to get up and running, best practices and things to watch out for.

During the second part (15:00 – 16:00), we open the floor to discuss specific research questions and projects, and how to approach them in terms of methodology, logistics, ethics, and so forth. This part of the workshop is optional.

Entry is free, but registration is required. Please sign up here before April 24 to reserve a spot and help us plan the workshop. A limited amount of space is available.

The workshop is organized an facilitated by the CAT4SMR project and the team members Erik Borra, Stijn Peeters, and Bernhard Rieder.

Links:

Signup

Invitation – Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research Workshop (November 22)

(update: due to limited capacity, sign-ups for the workshop are now closed)

When: Nov 22rd, 13:30-17:00 (CET)

Where: Online on Zoom

Interested in learning how to work with social media data? Join us for the second workshop of CAT4SMR, the initiative that builds and maintains Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research! 

On Nov 22nd on Zoom, we will introduce interested scholars to two powerful tools (4CAT and the YouTube Data Tools) for the data-driven analysis of online platforms such as 4chan, Instagram, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube. The goal is to help students (Master’s, PhD) and researchers (all levels) integrate social media analysis in their research and teaching.

The first part (13:30-15:30 CET) will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of 4CAT and YouTube Data Tools. How and why to use them, how to get up and running, best practices and things to watch out for.

In second part (15:45-17:00 CET), we split into small groups and open the floor to discuss specific research questions and projects, and how to approach them in terms of methodology, logistics, ethics, and so forth. This part of the workshop is optional, but for those participating we are asking for a short project description to help us prepare.

Entry is free, but registration is required. Please sign up here before November 8th to reserve a spot and help us plan the workshop. A limited amount of space is available.

The workshop is organized and facilitated by the CAT4SMR project and the team members Erik Borra, Stijn Peeters, and Bernhard Rieder.

Links:

https://tinyurl.com/cat4smr-workshop-november

Location:

Zoom (link will be provided beforehand)            

Invitation – Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research Workshop (May 22)

(update: due to limited capacity, sign-ups for the workshop are now closed)

When: May 23rd, 10:00-16:00

Where: On site in Amsterdam

Interested in learning how to work with social media data? Join us for the first workshop of CAT4SMR, the initiative that builds and maintains Capture and Analysis Tools for Social Media Research! 

On May 23rd in Amsterdam, we will introduce interested scholars to two powerful tools (4CAT and the YouTube Data Tools) for the data-driven analysis of online platforms such as 4chan, Instagram, Reddit, Telegram, Twitter, TikTok, and YouTube. The goal is to help students (Master’s, PhD) and researchers (all levels) integrate social media analysis in their research and teaching.

The morning (10:00-12:30) will be dedicated to the presentation and discussion of 4CAT and YouTube Data Tools. How and why to use them, how to get up and running, best practices and things to watch out for.

In the afternoon (13:30 – 16:00), we split into small groups and open the floor to discuss specific research questions and projects, and how to approach them in terms of methodology, logistics, ethics, and so forth. This part of the workshop is optional.

Entry is free, but registration is required. A catered lunch is included. Please sign up here before May 16th to reserve a spot and help us plan the workshop. A limited amount of space is available.

The workshop is organized an facilitated by the CAT4SMR project and the team members Erik Borra, Stijn Peeters, and Bernhard Rieder.

Links:

https://www.buzzhouse.co

https://tinyurl.com/cat4smr-workshop-signup

Location:

BuzzHouse (BG5)

Oudezijds Achterburgwal 233-237

1012 DL Amsterdam                               

Starting up the project

After years of working on research software development mostly in our spare time, we are very happy that CAT4SMR (Capture and Anaysis Tools for Social Media Research) was funded in May 2020 by the Dutch PDI- SSH (Platform Digital Infrastructure Social Science and Humanities).

We (Erik Borra, Stijn Peeters, and Bernhard Rieder) will be able to use this opportunity to improve and stabilize the social media analysis tools we have been working on over the years: DMI-TCAT, 4CAT, YouTube Data Tools, and others. Who knows, we may even be able to revive Netvizz, which had do close down after changes in Facebook’s API governance.

The project started work in September 2020, beginning with the usual practicalities and some initial improvements to code quality and documentation. 2021 will see much more activity on all fronts. Stay tuned.