Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure
Gregor Wiedemann,
Felix Victor Münch,
Jan Philipp Rau
et al.
Abstract:This article describes the basic concept, ethical and legal considerations, technical implementation as well as resulting tools and data collections of the Social Media Observatory (SMO). Since 2020, the SMO is developed as an open science research infrastructure within the Research Institute Social Cohesion (RISC) in Germany. It focuses on (the support of) long-term monitoring of public communication on selected platforms and online news media to answer social science-related research questions. Based on syst… Show more
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