ICS Seminar Series - Cecilia Hilder and Luigi di Martino

Date: Thursday 22 October 2015
Time: 11.30am - 1pm
Venue: EE.G.02, Western Sydney University, Parramatta South campus

Luigi di Martino and Cecilia Hilder

Social Media Analysis - an Introduction to Online Tools

Abstract

The purpose of this seminar is to introduce online tools that are readily available for analysing social media. The presentation will define social networks, outline the different approaches to social media analysis, and articulate the need to ensure data is analysed in context – not in the abstract. Various online resources and visualisation software applications will be introduced enabling attendees to understand the options available for their own research, publications, and presentations, as well as providing deeper understanding of tools used by others.

A series of relevant examples will be given from the presenters' own works as well as some familiar Western Sydney University community examples.

If you have ever wondered how did they make that network map, analyse those tweets or interrogate those Facebook comments, then this presentation will provide some of the answers. The session will be interactive and practical – tablets, laptops and smartphones are most welcome.

Biographies

Luigi Di Martino is a PhD candidate with the Institute for Culture and Society. His research investigates the consequences of the introduction of social media in public diplomacy practices, offering an account of the complex effects of technology on international communication, as well as on new forms of democratisation of the international debate, which inevitably affect diplomatic practices and procedures.

Cecilia Hilder is a PhD candidate with the Institute for Culture and Society and the Young and Well Cooperative Research Centre. Cecilia's research focuses on young people's digital practices with Australian youth-led activist organisations. Using Bakardjieva's theory of subactivism, her work looks at the small scale, everyday practices and interests of young people with a political or ethical focus which may be indicators of future action.

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