{"id":22426,"date":"2024-03-12T01:55:12","date_gmt":"2024-03-12T01:55:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/?page_id=22426"},"modified":"2024-03-19T21:06:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T21:06:18","slug":"2024-social-media-lab-computational-social-science-summer-school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/events\/2024-social-media-lab-computational-social-science-summer-school\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Social Media Lab &#8211; Computational Social Science Summer School\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background\" style=\"color:#000000;background-color:#ffffff\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column .column { padding: 20px; } is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-696x392.jpg 696w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-1068x601.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-747x420.jpg 747w, https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/SML-CDMRN-Computational-Social-Science-Summer-School-1600x900.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The workshop is open for members of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdmrn.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CDMRN<\/a>&nbsp;network<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Where: <\/strong>Toronto, Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>When: <\/strong>June 13-14, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Contact Info<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:info@socialmedialab.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">info@socialmedialab.ca<\/a><br>X <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smlabto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@SMLabTO<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:28px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Join us for the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/\">Social Media Lab&#8217;s<\/a>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>2024<\/strong><strong>Computational Social Science Summer&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>School<\/strong>,<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>sponsored by the&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdmrn.ca\/\">Canadian Digital Media Research Network<\/a>&nbsp;(CDMRN)<\/strong>. The Summer School will bring together graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and early career researchers interested in computational social science.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who can attend?<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This&nbsp;intensive invite-only training event is open&nbsp;to members of the CDMRN network&nbsp;(PI\/Co-PI\/HQPs). There is no cost for&nbsp;CDMRN members&nbsp;to attend. Travel, dormitory accommodation in a private room, and meals will be covered by the CDMRN and the Social Media Lab. At this event, participants will have an opportunity to network with peers and learn how to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Collect publicly accessible social media data&nbsp;for academic research&nbsp;via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/communalytic.org\/\">Communalytic<\/a>&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;a no-code research tool&nbsp;developed by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/\">Social Media Lab<\/a>&nbsp;at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontomu.ca\/\">Toronto Metropolitan University<\/a>&nbsp;for studying online discourse;&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Analyze social media data&nbsp;using&nbsp;automated text analysis techniques (such as toxicity analysis and topic modelling) and&nbsp;social network analysis.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By the end of the event, participants will be able to collect social media for their own research project and learn how to analyze their data to&nbsp;detect anti-social interactions (i.e., harassment, hate speech, extremist content, etc.),&nbsp;identify and group together social media posts that are semantically similar and identify latent topics in their dataset.&nbsp;In addition, participants will&nbsp;also learn how to generate and visualize various types of networks, including communication and link-sharing networks, which can be used to identify influencers, map shared interests among online actors, study the spread of mis\/dis-information and detect signs of possible coordination among seemingly disparate actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>REGISTRATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you are a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdmrn.ca\/\">CDMRN <\/a>and would like to attend, check your inbox and look for the link to register in the latest edition of the CDMRN Newsletter &#8211; March 2024 or contact Philip Mai  <a href=\"mailto:info@socialmedialab.ca\">info@socialmedialab.ca<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>INSTRUCTORS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\r\n\t\t<div  class=\"team-container\" style=\"background-image:url();text-align:left;\">\r\n\t\t<ul  id=\"team-22430\" class=\"team-items team-flat-bg\"><li style=\"width:140px;text-align:left;margin:5px\" class=\"team-item even\" ><div class=\"team-post\"><div style=\"height:;\" class=\"team-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Gruzd_profile_photo_network.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-title\" style=\"color:;font-size:14px\">Anatoliy Gruzd, Phd\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"team-social\" ><span class=\"Twitter\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gruzd\"> <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class=\"website\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/anatoliygruzd.ca\/\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><div class=\"team-content\" style=\"color:;font-size:10px;\">Canada Research Chair | Co-Director, Social Media Lab | Professor, Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/li><li style=\"width:140px;text-align:left;margin:5px\" class=\"team-item odd\" ><div class=\"team-post\"><div style=\"height:;\" class=\"team-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Philip_Headshot-4.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-title\" style=\"color:;font-size:14px\">Philip Mai, MA, JD\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"team-social\" ><span class=\"Twitter\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PhMai\"> <\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><span class=\"website\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/philipmai.com\/\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><div class=\"team-content\" style=\"color:;font-size:10px;\">Co-Director, Social Media Lab, Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/li><li style=\"width:140px;text-align:left;margin:5px\" class=\"team-item even\" ><div class=\"team-post\"><div style=\"height:;\" class=\"team-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/AmiraGhenai-1-1200x1200.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-title\" style=\"color:;font-size:14px\">Amira Ghenai, PhD\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"team-social\" ><span class=\"website\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/aghenai.github.io\/\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><div class=\"team-content\" style=\"color:;font-size:10px;\">Assistant Professor, Information Technology Management, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/li><li style=\"width:140px;text-align:left;margin:5px\" class=\"team-item odd\" ><div class=\"team-post\"><div style=\"height:;\" class=\"team-thumb\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/socialmedialab.ca\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/FelipeSoares-1188x1188.jpg\" \/><\/div><div class=\"team-title\" style=\"color:;font-size:14px\">Felipe Soares, PhD\r\n\t\t\t<\/div><div class=\"team-social\" ><span class=\"website\">\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/felipebsoares.com\/\"><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><\/div><div class=\"team-content\" style=\"color:;font-size:10px;\">Senior Lecturer in Communications and Media \u2013 Social Analytics, London College of Communication, UK<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\t\t<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:26px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The workshop is open for members of the CDMRN&nbsp;network Where: Toronto, Canada When: June 13-14, 2024 Contact Info info@socialmedialab.caX @SMLabTO Join us for the&nbsp;Social Media Lab&#8217;s&nbsp;2024Computational Social Science Summer&nbsp;School,&nbsp;sponsored by the&nbsp;Canadian Digital Media Research Network&nbsp;(CDMRN). 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