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SUMMARY:Social Media Data! Practical and Ethical Collection\, Visualization\, and Management
DESCRIPTION:Date: March 19 2026 \n\n\n\nFrom Reddit threads to TikTok trends\, social media is deeply embedded in our daily lives. These platforms fuel polarization\, connect queer communities\, raise awareness about rare diseases\, amplify both grassroots movements and gender-based violence\, and even shape the new recipes we cook for dinner. With this flood of seemingly public content\, it’s no surprise that researchers are increasingly turning to social media as a rich (and complicated!) source of data. \n\n\n\nThis hands-on workshop covers both practical techniques and ethical considerations for working with social media data. You’ll learn from experts across digital scholarship\, research data management\, and data analysis: \n\n\n\n\nHow to Collect to Social Media Data: Digital Scholarship Librarian John Fink will demo manual collection and scraping tools like the Digital Methods Initiative’s Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.\n\n\n\nHow to Analyze Social Media Data: Data Analysis and Visualization Librarian Subhanya Sivajothy will intro how to comb through social media data and show patterns.\n\n\n\nHow to Manage Social Media Data: Research Data Management Specialist Danica Evering will share tools and best practices for wrangling and organizing social media data.\n\n\n\nHow to Navigate Social Media Data Ethics: Digital Scholarship Coordinator Alexis-Carlota Cochrane will explore ethical considerations for researching social media\, including strategies for protecting privacy and minimizing harm throughout the research and publication process.\n\n\n\n\nBy the end of this workshop\, participants will be able to: \n\n\n\n\nCollect social media data using both manual and automated scraping tools like Zeeschuimer and 4CAT.\n\n\n\nAnalyze datasets to identify key trends and insights with introductory data exploration techniques.\n\n\n\nOrganize and manage social media data effectively by applying recommended best practices and tools.\n\n\n\nUnderstand and address ethical challenges in social media research\, including protecting privacy and minimizing harm at all stages.\n\n\n\n\nThis session is ideal for researchers\, students\, and practitioners across disciplines who are curious about using social media data in their work and want to approach it thoughtfully\, ethically\, and responsibly. \n\n\n\nDetails: Any preparatory work for the session can be found on its information page. This virtual workshop will be recorded and shared on the same page\, and discoverable via the Sherman Centre’s Online Learning Catalogue. \n\n\n\nFacilitator Bio:  \n\n\n\nAlexis-Carlota Cochrane (she/they) is the Digital Scholarship Coordinator at the Sherman Centre for Digital Scholarship. In her role\, she connects students\, faculty\, staff\, and community members to resources\, tools\, and training that advance their digital research projects. Alexis is also PhD Candidate in the Department of Communication Studies and Media Arts at McMaster University. Her research interests include critical data studies\, platform studies\, data feminism\, online harms\, data justice\, and digital humanities. \n\n\n\nDanica Evering holds broad experience with research support\, education\, project management\, advocacy\, and knowledge translation; with fluency in social practice art\, healthcare\, community research\, data\, and systems development. Danica supports students\, postdocs\, faculty\, and staff with RDM through the data lifecycle—Data Management Plans\, storage and backup\, data security\, data sharing. With an MA in Media Studies from Concordia\, they are interested in fostering RDM within curious scholars and disciplines. \n\n\n\nJohn Fink is the Digital Scholarship Librarian in the Sherman Centre. \n\n\n\nSubhanya Sivajothy (she/her) brings a background of research in data justice\, science and technology studies\, and environmental humanities. She is currently thinking through participatory data design which allow for visualizations that are empowering for the end user. \n\n\n\nCertificate Eligibility: This workshop is eligible for the Sherman Centre’s certificate program. For more information\, visit scds.ca/certificate-program. It is also eligible for the Canadian Certificate for Digital Humanities. To learn more\, visit ccdhhn.ca or contact scds@mcmaster.ca. \n\n\n\nCredit Eligibility: This workshop counts toward credit for students in the Faculty of Science who are enrolled in SCIENCE 2SF1: Digital Skills Workshop. For any questions\, please contact oursci@mcmaster.ca.Date:
URL:https://ccdhhn.ca/workshop/social-media-data-practical-and-ethical-collection-visualization-and-management/
LOCATION:Nova Scotia
CATEGORIES:1-4 hour workshop
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