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[…] 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: 110).](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/tooldmedleydh2015-151022161131-lva1-app6891/75/Digital-Methods-Tool-Medley-18-2048.jpg)
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Digital Methods Tool Medley
This document provides an overview of various digital tools and methods for conducting social and cultural research online. It describes tools from the Digital Methods Initiative (DMI) tool database that can be used to analyze links, compare lists, query websites, visualize data and map networks. Specific tools demonstrated include LinkRipper, Triangulate, GoogleScraper, IssueCrawler, Harvester, Censorship Explorer, Dorling map generator, Instagram scraper, DownthemAll!, DMI-TCAT, YouTube Data Tools, Netvizz, Tracker Tracker, OpenRefine, Palladio, Table2Net and RAW. The document emphasizes that these tools can be used together in "chains" to systematically answer research questions.
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- 2. Thanks to • ErikBorra • Emile den Tex • Bernhard Rieder
- 3. Medley? • a diverseassortment or mixture • a musical composition made up of a series of songs or short pieces
- 4. Digital Methods Initiative(DMI): new methods and tools for social and cultural research
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- 7. Cablegate • Research question •Operationalization • Method: often a chain of tools
- 8. The Response ofthe Source Question: Do the sources acknowledge cablegate? 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
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- 17. The nationality ofrights types https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 18. Search as research […]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: 110).
- 19. Research question Can thesearch engine Google be repurposed to show which rights are specific per country?
- 20. Query Google countries .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)
- 21. “Query design” “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).
- 22. “rights” in nationalterminology • 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)
- 23. The nationalities ofrights types https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 24. The nationalities ofrights types https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 25. The nationalities ofrights types https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
- 26. Mapping issue networks https://www.issuecrawler.net/ Startingpoints: blogroll from RealClimate.org Tool 1: Linkripper (get all links) Tool 2: IssueCrawler (map issue networks)
- 27. Mapping issue networks Climatechange blogs network
- 28. Mapping the Dutchblogosphere https://www.issuecrawler.net/
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- 35. Dutch blogosphere: activeblogs Tool: Censorship Explorer https://tools.digitalmethods.net/beta/proxies/
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- 40. Tool: Dorling mapgenerator https://tools.digitalmethods.net/beta/dorling/
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- 45. Tool: DMI TwitterCapturing and Analysis Toolset (DMI-TCAT) https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/dmi-tcat https://github.com/digitalmethodsinitiative/dmi-tcat/wiki
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- 48. Tool: YouTube DataTools https://tools.digitalmethods.net/netvizz/youtube/
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- 56. Palladio Palladio is aweb-based platform for the visualization of complex, multi-dimensional data. http://palladio.designhumanities.org/
- 57. Tools from ourcolleagues in Paris http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/
- 58. Gephi: The OpenGraph Viz Platform https://gephi.github.io/
- 59. Tool: Table 2Net http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/table2net/
- 60. Tools from ourcolleagues in Milan http://raw.densitydesign.org/
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- 63. kthnxbai! www.digitalmethods.net Dr. Anne Helmond@silvertje Tomás Saraceno, galaxies forming along filaments, Venice Biennial 2009