what does a good digital methods project look like?
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What Does a Good Digital Methods Project Look Like?
11 January 2016, University of Amsterdam Liliana Bounegru | lilianabounegru.org | @bb_liliana
Some Highlights from the DMI Winter and Summer Schools 2015
DMI Winter School 2015!!
Show Me Your Dashboard: New Media Monitoring and Data Analytics as
Critical Practice
How may we identify and develop critical data analytics?
The People’s Dashboard
Where is the social in social media platforms?
The People’s Dashboard (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/PeoplesDashboard
Facebook Instagram LinkedIn
Twitter YouTube LastFm
The People's Dashboard plug-in for Facebook: http://bit.ly/peoplesdashboard
The Hong Kong Protests Through the Eyes of Weibo
How may we study public sentiment on social media platforms?
The Hong Kong protests through the eyes of Weibo (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/TheHongKongProtestsThroughTheEyesOfWeibo
The Hong Kong protests through the eyes of Weibo (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/TheHongKongProtestsThroughTheEyesOfWeibo
DMI Summer School 2015!!
Post-Snowden Media Empiricism and Secondary Social Media: Data Studies
Beyond Facebook and Twitter
How may we rethink the study of online media post-Snowden?
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What value do secondary social media platforms have for research?
Political Memes in a Globalised World:!Does Love Win?
Does Love Win? The Mechanics of Memetics (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015DoesLoveWin
Does Love Win? The Mechanics of Memetics (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015DoesLoveWin
Can we map the geographies of expressions of support and their
counter-reactions?
Does Love Win? The Mechanics of Memetics (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015DoesLoveWin
Does Love Win? The Mechanics of Memetics (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015DoesLoveWin
#Whomademyclothes - Seeking the Voices of the Workers
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Can we find the voices of the workers online? How can we profile
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#Whomademyclothes - Seeking the voices of the workers (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/HTwhomademyclothes
#Whomademyclothes - Seeking the voices of the workers (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/HTwhomademyclothes
Tracking Ecologies
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Can we identify tracker styles per website type?
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Tracking Ecologies (2015). https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/SummerSchool2015TrackingEcologies
Micro-Temporalities of the Web
What is the ‘page weight’ of bugs (trackers, beacons, widgets and other devices) and how can we experience their micro-temporalities differently?
Micro-Temporalities of the Web (2015). http://gauthiier.github.io/www-micro-temporalities/
Some data sprint tips from last year’s project coordinators
• Spend time with your data.
• Test hypotheses and tools on small datasets first.
• Don't start with theory but start with the question, the claims (in the literature or press) and the data; let the data inform theory.
• Let your expectations be challenged and shaped by the data.
• Split big groups into subgroups.
• Be persistent - there are always ups and downs.
• Take your coffee breaks :-)
Thank you!Liliana Bounegru | lilianabounegru.org | @bb_liliana