{"id":4463,"date":"2018-03-13T10:40:29","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T10:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/?p=4463"},"modified":"2018-04-09T17:53:27","modified_gmt":"2018-04-09T16:53:27","slug":"28-march-2018-social-media-big-data-dr-photini-vrikki-brunel-university","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.ac.uk\/c3riimpact\/28-march-2018-social-media-big-data-dr-photini-vrikki-brunel-university\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday 28 March 2018 – Lunchtime Seminar with Dr Photini Vrikki (Brunel University London)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Title:<\/strong> Finding the ‘Social\u2019 in Social Media Data: a Discourse Approach to the Analysis of Big Data
\nSpeaker:<\/strong> Dr Photini Vrikki, Brunel University London<\/a>
\nDate and time:<\/strong> Wednesday 28th March 2018, 1pm-2pm
\nHosted by:<\/strong> Dr Anandi Ramamurthy<\/a><\/p>\n

In recent years, scientists within and beyond established fields of what is considered social sciences and the humanities have begun engaging with new data infrastructures\u2014the so-called Big Data field\u2014and use computational technologies and methods to formulate analyses grounded in empirical research. Moving beyond assertions of the \u2018end of theory\u2019 proclaiming that Big Data is now the road to research\u2019s success, the real questions now focus on how to approach the complex issues raised by emerging data and evolving technologies. A number of digital methods scholars alongside with data social scientists, have debated upon the political and social dimensions of this data and technology, arguing for the need of using both critical analysis and transparent methods to research Big Data.<\/p>\n

This debate proposes several challenges in theory and methods, with a response that looks into determining the limitations of dealing with such big datasets, and underlines the value of research that works with \u2018small data\u2019, data that humans can understand without the help of computerised tools.<\/p>\n

In this talk Dr Vrikki will argue that in order to resolve this debate we should work with big and small data simultaneously through discursive analysis in order to understand the social implications of social media. By exploring and evaluating critical approaches to data sourced from Twitter this talk will suggest that a social media dataset can be considered to be a Big Data dataset but the computerised handling of it, and the focus on specific features in the content of the tweets, makes it more comprehensible and gives it features of \u2018small data\u2019 which can then be analysed discursively.<\/p>\n

Biography:<\/strong>
\nDr Photini Vrikki is a Research Fellow in Digital Humanities at Brunel University London<\/a>. She is currently leading on the digital side of the AHRC Creative Interruptions<\/a> project. Her research interests span from the politics of resistance and data storytelling to identity politics, social movements, and solidarities forming in social media networks and digital environments.<\/p>\n

1.00PM-2.00PM
\nWEDNESDAY\u00a028 MARCH 2018
\nCANTOR 9137 , CITY CAMPUS<\/strong><\/p>\n

See\u00a0here<\/a> for details of other seminars in the series.<\/p>\n

All SHU staff and students are welcome to attend the C3RI Lunchtime Research Seminars. If you are from outside of the University and would like to attend a seminar, please email\u00a0the C3RI Administrator<\/a> to arrange entry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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