Type of session : MAKE

Title : Open source toolkit for working with social media/networks

Name of session facilitator(s) : Geraldine

Approximate duration : 45mn ?

Skill level : all

Proposal

Social media and networks have in recent years emerged as an El Dorado for research, be it academic or commercial. The promises are attractive, yet dealing with the data made available through those can seem daunting as illustrated by Monroe in his article entitled ‘The Five Vs of Big data Political Science’. To the challenges related to volume, Monroe adds velocity, variety, but also vinculation and validity. Indeed, the data available on social networks is heterogeneous, constantly evolving and interrelated which raises issues pertaining to collection, storage and usage.

The session could provide an opportunity to draw a list of open source tools currently available to address those various challenges.

Prerequisite : none