Winter Program- Big data analysis for Social Scientists

Dr Robert Ackland ran a five-day course on Social Media Analysis at the ACSPRI Winter Program, University of Queensland, 7-11 July 2014.  The course provided students with an introduction to social media analysis in the context of social research.  The course is designed for social researchers interested in social media, and covers methods of accessing and analysing digital trace data from websites, blogsites, Twitter and Facebook.