Course Information
Course title
Social Media and Social Network Analysis 
Semester
112-2 
Designated for
COLLEGE OF SOCIAL SCIENCES  GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF JOURNALISM  
Instructor
Adrian Rauchfleisch 
Curriculum Number
JOUR7094 
Curriculum Identity Number
342EM3100 
Class
 
Credits
3.0 
Full/Half
Yr.
Half 
Required/
Elective
Elective 
Time
Monday 7,8,9(14:20~17:20) 
Remarks
Restriction: MA students and beyond
The upper limit of the number of students: 15.
The upper limit of the number of non-majors: 5. 
 
Course introduction video
 
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Table of Core Capabilities and Curriculum Planning
Course Syllabus
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Course Description

While this course is primarily aimed at graduate-level students, undergraduates may be considered on a case-by-case basis under exceptional circumstances.
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This course provides an in-depth examination of social media data analysis focusing on social network analysis. You will learn how to utilize the R programming language to collect, process, and analyze digital trace data, with practical examples that can be applied in fields such as data-driven journalism and business analytics. The course begins with an introduction to R and progresses to cover topics such as reading data, performing statistical procedures, and visualizing results with high-quality plots. You will also learn how to collect data from social media platforms such as YouTube, Spotify, or PTT using R and techniques for working with text data. The course will also include a module on using transformer models for automatic text classification in Python, equipping you with the latest tools in machine learning for text analysis. In the final block of the course, you will have the opportunity to plan and work on your own project, and the course will conclude with a presentation of state-of-the-art methods in the field. 

Course Objective
Introduction to R
Data analysis and visualization of digital trace data
Social media data can be collected automatically
Learn new methods
Text mining 
Course Requirement
This class is designed for beginners, with no specific requirements needed. The only prerequisites are an interest in learning about social media data analysis and a willingness to familiarize yourself with the R programming language 
Student Workload (expected study time outside of class per week)
 
Office Hours
 
Designated reading
 
References
Chang, W. (2018). R graphics cookbook: Practical recipes for visualizing data (Second edition). O’Reilly.
Easley, D., & Kleinberg, J. (2010). Networks, crowds, and markets: Reasoning about a highly connected world.
Healy, K. (2018). Data visualization: A practical introduction. Princeton University Press.
Sanchez, G. (2013). Handling and processing strings in R. Berkeley: Trowchez Editions. http://gastonsanchez. com/Handling_and_Processing_Strings_in_R. pdf
Wickham, H. (2019). Advanced R (Second edition). CRC Press/Taylor and Francis Group.
Zweig, K. A. & Springer-Verlag. (2018). Network Analysis Literacy A Practical Approach to the Analysis of Networks. 
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