The following paper will walk you through both content and social network analysis features in Netlytic. It uses a sample of Twitter messages from a MOOC class as a case study to analyze collaborative learning processes. Gruzd, A., Paulin, D.,…
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Tutorial: Social Media Data Collection & Network Analysis with Netlytic and R
URL: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_EH30ycPj2r6t0vH1QSSBjKJ209qq7-nwz2zAJno8Mk/pub?embedded=true
Tutorial: Analyzing Conversations about #SMSociety15 on Twitter
By the end of this tutorial you will learn how to create videos of dynamic networks like this one: PART 1: Network Discovery in Netlytic Data source: Twitter Step 1: Connect your Twitter account to Netlytic Note: Alternately, you can download the…
Tutorial: Analyzing Conversations about #Blackberry on Twitter
Topic: Conversation about #blackberry on Twitter Data source: Twitter Dataset: http://bit.ly/blackberry14 Step 1: Connect your Twitter account to Netlytic Step 2: Go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced and create a test search query. For today’s tutorial, type “#blackberry” into the “Any of these words”…
Tutorial: Analyzing Conversations about #Ebola on Twitter
Data source: Twitter Step 1: Connect your Twitter account to Netlytic Note: Alternately, you can download the “Ebola” dataset that will be used for this tutorial from https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/pub?key=0AilmXl-I6ZWkdHlsZElNWFZsNG9qM0pqZ3JhcGstaEE&single=true&gid=0&output=csv Step 2: Go to https://twitter.com/search-advanced and create a test search query. For today’s tutorial,…
Using Data to Improve BHL Social Media
How can data analysis help us improve our social media activities? This was the fundamental question BHL’s Outreach and Communication Manager, Grace Costantino, sought to address during her two-day meeting with Ryerson University’s Social Media Lab, Sept. 29-30, 2014. As…
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Tutorial: Studying Collaborative Learning with Twitter (CSV files)
Dataset Type: a CSV file containing messages from Twitter Step 1: Download the CCK11 dataset to your computer LASI_CCK_11_Twitter – sample.csv Sample dataset Notes: This dataset contains a sample of public tweets posted by participants in a Massive Open Online Course…
Network visualization with @Netlytic: The power & reach of Twitter during live events
The focus of this post is to demonstrate how to use and interpret the network visualization feature in Netlytic using tweets about Oscars as a case study. As Hollywood’s stars gathered to celebrate last year’s finest films in the annual Oscars ceremony,…
Examining the Twittersphere on Sochi 2014: Using Netlytic to analyze popular Sochi topics
The Winter Olympics in Sochi has captured the attention of the world long before it officially commenced. Mainstream media has been covering the event with a mixture of negative and positive reporting. With the increasingly prominent role of social media…
Exploring Environmental Debates on Twitter
Abstract Environmental issues are increasingly discussed through social media applications. Consequently, researchers are beginning to question whether social media could represent a green virtual sphere: a virtual public space to discuss environmental issues not governed by a single authority in…
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