Navigate with a Map on SRM
Learn to use the iterative visual map search tool in SAGE Research Methods.
The best tools for using Twitter as a data source
Wasim Ahmed helps find the best research tool available for analyzing data appeared on social media while also offering tips and examples of using certain tools. He also points to twitter as the best social media site to extract data due to its unique platform to attract not only industry but academics.
Lessons from Popular Ethnographies
Key points are discussed about two ethnographies that were popular with readers of SAGE journal articles in 2017: “Knowledge of practice: A multi-sited event ethnography of border security fairs in Europe and North America” and “Algorithms as culture: Some tactics for the ethnography of algorithmic systems.”
The Best Tools for Using Twitter as a Data Source
Although platforms such as Facebook and WhatsApp have more active users, Twitter’s unique infrastructure and the near-total availability of its data have ensured its popularity among researchers remains high. In this post from the LSE Impact of Social Sciences blog, Wasim Ahmed offers his rundown of the tools available to social scientists looking to analyse social media data.