A glamorous introduction to text analytics for social media (Reddit)

This two-part workshop series introduces participants to basic text analytics for research using Reddit data

When:

• Workshop 1: Wednesday 9 October, 1:00 - 3:00 pm AEST
• Workshop 2: Wednesday 16 October, 1:00 - 3:00 pm AEST
  

Content:

In the first workshop, we focus on data collection and you will learn how to collect posts from Reddit - using the very sparkly example of the Eurovision Song Contest.

In the second workshop, you will learn to apply a range of text analytic techniques to the Reddit data. 

Some experience with R coding is preferred for attending the series. No experience with social media data collection or text analysis is required.

Providers:

This workshop series is delivered by the Australian Digital Observatory (ADO) and the Language Data Commons of Australia (LDaCA) and is supported by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC).

The Australian Digital Observatory is a national infrastructure for accessing and analysing dynamic human data on the web such as social media data. It provides an ecosystem of resources such as databanks, data-related services, and expertise to Australian researchers. The Language Data Commons of Australia is an integrated national infrastructure that supports language research. It provides access to nationally significant collections of written, spoken, multi-modal, and signed text for academic and non-academic use.