Daily Tasks

… More

Today, we will review some changes to our schedule and plans for the semester. Next, we will listen to one of our sample projects to help us think through aspects of our scripts:

Today we will check any logistics relates to our Twitter reports and then quickly review our readings and take a look at a version of one of the… More

Today, we will quickly review the reports you are developing on your Twitter research.

Next, we will listen to an audio essay.

After we have discussed… More

Today, we will take a quick look at the data and visualizations that we have produced as part of our Twitter analysis. We will have a brief discussion of what we have discovered and what it says about online argument.

Next,… More

Today, we will go over the steps required to create some basic charts using our tweet analysis data. These will allow us to create visuals somewhat like these. Follow these steps:

First, standardize all of the entries in your… More

Today, we will continue to work on our coding of spreadsheets, adding a few new tasks that will prepare us for composing a report on what we've found.

First, we will look over… More

Today, we will go over quickly our reading from last night.

We will then begin the process of identifying codes and categories for our analysis of tweets. Hopefully, you are already making good progress with a topic and corpus of… More

Today, we will begin by introducing Tyler Easterbrook, who will be available to help us with research aspects of the class.

Next, we will discuss our reading.

Next, we will get started collecting some tweets. Before beginning… More

Today we will go over the syllabus.

Next, we will begin thinking about professional and personal web presence in terms of social media and presentation.

For homework, create an account on our web site. Before getting started, you will want to have a Twitter and YouTube… More