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21st Century Social Research: Meet the Creators of Open-Source Social Media Analysis
We're bombarded with information. How can we use and visualize data to help us understand the complex interactions in our world?
Painting Pictures With Data
Join our workshop and meet Donato Ricci and Daniele Guido: designers who essentially paint pictures with data. They will introduce us to the world of big data and media design using a cutting-edge, online software called Sven that they developed in 2012.
About The Workshop
The two-day workshop runs:
- Dates: Wednesday, September 23 and Thursday, September 24
- Time: 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., each day
- Locations: Sciences Hall, Sokol Seminar Room (morning session) and University Hall Room 1120 (afternoon session)
NOTE: If you can't attend the entire event, you'll get maximum benefit during the sessions from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Wednesday and/or Thursday. The morning session is in the Sciences Hall, Sokol Seminar Room.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are welcome.
RSVP is Required by Monday, September 21. Please email Dr. Kurze at: kurzea@mail.montclair.edu
More Details
What Is sven?
Sven allows students and researchers to upload data, such as information from social media, and analyze it. The online browser-ready software uses plugins that produce infographics to visualize content.
Features of the tool include:
- collaborative data analysis (multiple people working on a shared dataset online)
- several plugin options for infographics
- mapping of social issues across time and space
- integrated search engine with tag filters to highlight specific content
The online research tool is flexible and can be adjusted to particular research goals, including type of data, methods and design.