Workshop – Twitter Scraping with Doc Now (TJ Ferrill, Asst. Head of Creative Spaces)

“Documenting the Now responds to the public’s use of social media for chronicling historically significant events as well as demand from scholars, students, and archivists, among others, seeking a user-friendly means of collecting and preserving this type of digital content. Documenting the Now has a strong commitment to prioritizing ethical practices when working with social media content, especially in terms of collection and long-term preservation. This commitment extends to Twitter’s notion of honoring user intent and the rights of content creators. The project is a collaborative effort between Shift Design, Inc., the University of Maryland, and the University of Virginia. We are extremely grateful for funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.”

https://www.docnow.io/

This workshop is a practical introduction to scraping twitter data for text analysis using DocNow tools. Participants will gain familiarity with the process of collecting and manipulating datasets generated with the twitter API and DocNow.