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Janna Joceli C. de Omena
PhD candidate at UT Aus1n I Portugal (FCSH)
@jannajoceli / thesocialplaAorms.wordpress.com

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We aim to conduct exploratory studies on connecting practices using Digital
Methods (Rogers, 2013), and design social media research techniques.

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i. The Politics of the Platforms [Gillespie, 2010; Bucher, 2012; 2013, Van Dijck, 2013; Helmond, 2015]
ii. Social Media Technicity [Omena, 2016]
iii. Digital objects as the constitutive
elements of platforms [Langlois and Elmer, 2013]

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Van Dijck, 2013

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i. The Politics of the Platforms [Gillespie, 2010; Bucher, 2012; 2013, Van Dijck, 2013; Helmond, 2015]
ii. Social Media Technicity [Omena, 2016]
§ Application Programming Interface
§ Algorithms
§ Research Strategies
iii. Digital objects as the constitutive elements of platforms
[Langlois and Elmer, 2013]
(Rieder, B. 2015)

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i. The Politics of the Platforms [Gillespie, 2010; Bucher, 2012; 2013, Van Dijck, 2013; Helmond, 201
Moderation of Content

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Social Media APIs: What to Look for?
History
Understanding the philosophy and policy
Identifying new products built + purchased by the platform
Common practices
Management of connections
Users practices
Functions
Call frequency governance
How far back in time data is made accessible?
Content moderation
Methodological issues
Data detail + Platform changes + Data reliability
Quality and representativeness of a sample
What type of data it is possible to collect?
How about lurkers?
Legal and Ethical issues
Informed consent x Anonymization
Default policy
Omena, J. 2016

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[Fundamental Pillars]
The Politics of the Platforms [Gillespie, 2010; Bucher, 2012; 2013, Van Dijck, 2013; Helmond, 2015]
Social Media Technicity [Omena, 2016]
[Main Objective]
We aim to conduct exploratory studies on connecting practices
using Digital Methods (Rogers, 2013), and design social media
research techniques.
[Tools and Software]
DMI Tools and MÉDIALAB - SciencesPo Tools
[Fields]
Journalism (Prof. Antonio Granado)
Pop Culture (Prof. Jorge Rosa)
Digital Activism ( ? )

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[General Tasks]
§ Apply theoretical, technical and practical studies on social
media platforms through short case studies
§ Conduct exploratory studies taking on board Journalism,
Digital Activism, and Pop Culture as the main fields, by using
digital methods
§ Promote closed and open workshops (data sprints) among
these subjects
§ Create and maintain a Wiki with the intention to share our
learning process and findings
§ Publish results and findings in high-quality journals

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Pla$orms, Time Range,
Data Details
What is the data journalism
debate on social media
plaAorms?
Facebook; 2012-2015;
» groups: Jornalismo de Dados,
Jornalismo e Dados, Data-Driven
Journalism, Introduc1on to
Infographics
» Pages like network: Data-Driven
Journalism, Data Journalism Blog and
pages of journalists
Instagram; 2010- March 2016
» media and users info retrieval based
on: #ddj #datajournalism
#jornalismodedados #dataviz
Twi9er; March and April 2016
» media and users info retrieval based
on: #dataviz #panamapapers #ddj
#datajournalism #jornalismodedados

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[Contributions]
§ Research group
specialized in social
platforms and digital
methods
§ Pioneer (and also
demanded) work
§ Data Sprints
§ Improvement of data-
driven / device-driven
analysis (Wiki/Papers/
Conferences)
API Ecosystem (Omena, J. 2016)

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[What we expect from
a S M A R T member?]
§ Willingness to learn and
evolve data processing
techniques and digital
methods
§ Be interested in platforms
studies, software studies or
Journalism or Digital activism
or Pop Culture
§ Commitment and ability to
meet the delivery deadlines
§ Capacity for independent
research
(8 hours per week)
§ Team Work Skills
§ Be responsive to feedback
(give/receive)

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i. The Politics of the Platforms [Gillespie, 2010; Bucher, 2012; 2013, Van Dijck, 2013; Helmond, 201
Want to be part of S M A R T ?

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Janna Joceli Jorge Rosa António Granado Manuel Bogalheiro
? ?
Sara Tranquada Ariane Paiva

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Janna Joceli C. de Omena
@jannajoceli / thesocialplaAorms.wordpress.com