Digital Methods Summer School 2014 Tool Medley
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1. The document discusses various digital tools and methods for social and cultural research, including tools for link extraction, comparing lists, analyzing search results, mapping networks, and exploring censorship. 2. It provides examples of using tools like a link ripper, Google scraper, issue crawler, and censorship explorer to answer research questions about the response of sources to Cablegate, the historical Dutch blogosphere, and mapping online censorship in Iran. 3. The document emphasizes that research questions can often be operationalized and addressed through a chain of different digital tools.
Digital Methods Summer School 2014 Tool Medley
- 1. digital methods fav tool medley Digital Methods Summer School 2014, Amsterdam, 23 June - 4 July Tomás Saraceno, galaxies forming along filaments, Venice Biennial 2009 anne helmond www.digitalmethods.net
- 3. medley? 1. a diverse assortment or mixture 2. a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces ! <a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table>
- 4. new methods and tools for social and cultural research
- 5. digital methods initiative tool database: tools.digitalmethods.net
- 6. digital methods initiative tool database: tools.digitalmethods.net
- 7. research question -> operationalization & method: often a chain of tools cablegate
- 8. Question: Do the sources acknowledge cablegate? The Response of the Source 1.Get all links for US embassy websites: http://www.usembassy.gov/ 2.Compile list of embassies mentioned in cables: http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html 3.Compare lists 4.Query mentioned embassies for: 1. wikileaks 2. "Julian Assange" 3. Assange 4. cablegate 5.Get number of cables per embassy 6.Visualize output https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ResponsesoftheSources
- 11. result: links!
- 12. repeat & paste in spreadsheet
- 14. aim: get #nr mentions
- 15. tool: googlescraper (Lippmannian Device)
- 17. aim: get most leaked embassy tool: Google Docs build on leakfeed API
- 18. further analysis
- 19. digital methods search as research the nationality of rights types Research project by the Digital Methods Initiative Summer School 09 https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 20. the point of departure of search as research, or societal search, may be summarized as follows: we look at Google results and see society, instead of Google. That is to say, including its ‘artifacts,’ engine results put much on display – from source competition and standing to longevity and commitment. (Rogers 2013) search as research digital methods
- 21. Can the search engine be repurposed to show which rights are specific per country? research question
- 22. .nl (Dutch), .be (Dutch, French), .com/.co.uk/.com.au/(English), .it (Italian), .ro (Romanian), .md (Moldavian), .ca (French, English), .fr (French), .de/.at/.lu (German), .fi (Finnish), .se (Swedish), .ee (Estonian), .ru (Russian)
- 23. “Query design” is the practice of formulating a query so the results can be interpreted as indications and findings (however clue-like), as opposed to mere information retrieved or optimization and manipulation exposed (however fascinating). (Rogers 2013, 111) search as research “query design”
- 24. Google.se with query“rattigheter”(13.07.09) Google.fi with query“oikeudet”(13.07.09) Google.ee with query“oigused”(15.07.09) Google.lv with query“tiesibas”(16.07.09) Google.co.uk with query“rights”(13.07.09) Google.nl with query“rechten”(13.07.09) Google.fr with query“droits”(14.07.09) Google.pt with query“direitos”(14.07.09) Google.es with query“derechos”(13.07.09)
- 25. the nationalities of issues https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 28. mapping the dutch blogosphere tool: issuecrawler https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DutchBlogosphere2003
- 30. result: network graph IssueCrawler -> Gephi
- 31. the historical dutch blogosphere
- 32. tool: harvester
- 33. result: links! the historical dutch blogosphere
- 34. NL Blogosphere deceased blogs tool: linkripper tool: Censorship Explorer (= Get HTTP response status codes from Censorship Explorer)
- 35. tool: wikipedia bot edits scraper https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
- 36. tool: wikipedia bot edits scraper https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
- 37. tool: wikipedia bot edits scraper https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
- 40. tool: censorship explorer & tool: dorling map generator https://mappingiranonline.digitalmethods.net/
- 41. tool: TCAT
- 42. tool: netvizz
- 44. Tracker Tracker -> Gephi
- 45. Tracker Tracker -> Gephi trackers: facebooktrackers: facebook
- 46. bonus tools! OpenRefine A free, open source, power tool for working with messy data ! http://openrefine.org/
- 47. bonus tools!
- 49. bonus tools! tools from colleagues http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/
- 52. bonus tools! tools from colleagues http://raw.densitydesign.org/
- 54. anne@digitalmethods.net kthnxbai! tool wizzard: erik borra kthxbai! www.digitalmethods.net anne@digitalmethods.net @silvertje