Blurring the boundaries - New social media, new social science?

One year On - What have we learnt? Digital Debate session three: What role is there for social media research in government social policy?

Slides from our end of year event this session was presented by Jonathan Breckon and Jason Leavey -…Continue

Started by Kandy Woodfield Apr 30.

One Year On - what we have learnt? Ethics session and handouts from Janet Salmon

Ethics has been a persistent theme of our network discussion here you can see Janet's talk,Janet Salmons Ethical issues in social media research & access a useful handout:…Continue

Started by Kandy Woodfield Apr 23.

One Year On - what we have learnt? Poster Session

You can see the poster submitted by Anita Van Der Stamp and Joyce Bombay here:  …Continue

Started by Kandy Woodfield Apr 23.

One Year On - what we have learnt?

We'll be posting the presentations from each session of our conference here as resources for the wider community. First up an overview of network activities in the last 12 months.…Continue

Tags: NSMNSS

Started by Kandy Woodfield Apr 23.

Places still available for our Social Media Research Event at the RSS on April 16th

New Social Media, New Social Science? Blurring the Boundaries:  One Year On16th April 2013 at the Royal Statistical SocietyLast year, SAGE, the National Centre for Social Research and the Oxford Internet Institute set up a network for social media…Continue

Tags: NatCen, twitter, media, social

Started by Katie Metzler Apr 2.

Social Media Research event at the RSS on April 16th

New Social Media, New Social Science? Blurring the Boundaries:  One Year on16th April 2013We are delighted to announce our end of year conference event on April 16th 2013 at the Royal Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London EC1Y 8LX from…Continue

Tags: NSMNSS, facebook, twitter, media, social

Started by Katie Metzler Mar 27.

Tweet On! - Twitter chat Monday 11 March

Join us as we kick up a twitter storm on Monday 11th March from 4-5pm BST.We hope you'll be able to join us to discuss the issues related to data and analysis quality arising from social media res...earch. Some of the questions we'll be discussing…Continue

Tags: research, quality, media, social, chat

Started by Kandy Woodfield Mar 2.

Thinking about ethics

Questions regarding all areas of research ethics have been central to our recent knowledge exchange seminars and have percolated nearly every discussion network members have had at events or during our twitter chats. C...learly, there are many…Continue

Tags: ethics, researh, media, social

Started by Kandy Woodfield Mar 2.

Summary of Knowledge Exchange Seminar on Qualitative Social Media Research

The third Knowledge Exchange Seminar of the New Social Media, New Social Science (NSMNSS) network was held on the 28th of January. The topic for this event was 'Qualitative Research and Social Media' and it brought together specialist speakers to…Continue

Tags: qualitative, QDA, facebook, twitter, media

Started by Katie Metzler Feb 18.

Qualitative research using social media - questions from the webinar on 5th Feb. 2013

Hello everybody,We ran a very succesful webinar this week exploring the challenges facing researchers who use social media platforms for qualitative research. You can view the webinar by following this link:…Continue

Tags: ethics, consent, research, online, methods

Started by Kandy Woodfield Feb 6.