Lectures in course DH-500: Computational Social Media

Twitter API Basics: Data Access Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the basics of the Twitter API, including rate limits and data access.

Understanding Social Media Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the goals, definition, types, and computational analysis of social media, emphasizing the study of human behavior through digital traces.

Twitter: A Human-Centric View Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the human-centric view of Twitter, covering user interactions, geolocation, hashtags, and real names.

Twitter Mood Analysis Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the analysis of mood expressed on Twitter using longitudinal data and text analysis tools, emphasizing the importance of considering biased data.

Social Image Systems: Past, Present, and Research Insights Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores social image systems, from past practices to present platforms and research insights, including tagging motivations and participatory culture.

Bayesian Networks: Fundamentals and Applications Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the fundamentals of Bayesian Networks and their applications in probabilistic topic modeling.

Social Image Systems: From Past to Present Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the evolution of social image systems, deep learning models, selfies, and biometrics in online platforms.

Social Media Images: Understanding Food Perception with Deep Learning Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores deep learning with Instagram images, understanding food perception, obesity, and mental health, and discusses the impact of social media images and ephemeral platforms like Snapchat.

Location-Based Social Networks: Insights & Analysis Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores motivations for check-ins, human mobility patterns, and biases in mobility data from location-based social networks.

Understanding Urban Dynamics Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into Livehoods, machine learning for urban study, ambiance inference, scene recognition, and biases in geo-localized social media.

YouTube: A Cultural Phenomenon Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores YouTube as a popular platform for expression, data source, and piracy, discussing its statistics, cultural impact, generativity, video popularity distributions, social network role, and copyright infringement.

Online Video: YouTube Insights Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into YouTube's multifaceted nature, from advertising to data source.

Networked Individualism: The New Social Operating System Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores networked individualism, the shift to individual-centric social networks, and the impact of connectivity, weaker group boundaries, and increased personal autonomy on society.

Crowdsourcing: Key Concepts Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers the key concepts of crowdsourcing, including categorization, human computation, labor, and its connections with social media.

Crowdsourcing: Motivations and Challenges Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Delves into crowdsourcing motivations, challenges, categorization, citizen science, and social media connections.

Social Media Usage Trends Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores the evolution of social media usage trends and the concept of social media as a utility.

Facebook Research: User Analysis, Motivations, Identity, and Privacy Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Covers Facebook research on user analysis, motivations, identity, and privacy.

Facebook Social Graph: Structure and Small-World Phenomenon Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Examines the Facebook social graph structure, small-world phenomenon, four degrees of separation, and user homophily.

Social Capital in Online Networks Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores motivations behind using Facebook, Dunbar's number, social capital types, and internet's impact on social capital.

Social Networks: Weak Ties and Triadic Closure Log in to Mediaspace to watch this video

Explores weak ties' significance in social networks, job finding, and information diffusion, emphasizing the Triadic Closure principle and the paradox of weak ties in job finding.