Methods Innovation, Data Analysis Chris Burnage Methods Innovation, Data Analysis Chris Burnage

Image as data: Automated visual content analysis for social science

Images contain information absent in text, and this extra information presents opportunities and challenges. It is an opportunity because one image can document variables with which text sources (newspaper articles, speeches or legislative documents) struggle or on datasets too large to feasibly code manually. Learn how to overcome the challenges.

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Janet Salmons Janet Salmons

Mapping Data with Situational Analysis

Situational analysis invites researchers to explore relationships and patterns in the data by creating visual maps as part of the analytic process. Co-authors of the book on this analytic method presented a webinar - view it here.

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Communicating Research, Impact & Society Janet Salmons Communicating Research, Impact & Society Janet Salmons

Interview: Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression

The report from PEN America, Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression, connects dots that are important to academic writers: intellectual freedom, and protection of intellectual property. Summer Lopez, PEN’s Chief Program Officer for Free Expression agreed to talk about these issues and controversies.

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