ACDH-CH LECTURE 8.1

Richard Rogers University of Amsterdam THE PROBLEM WITH SOCIAL MEDIA RESEARCH The purpose of the talk is to reintroduce contemporary critiques of social media research, as they have gathered steam following the ‘fake news' crisis of 2016 and the Facebook whisteblower's revelations in 2021 concerning how angry posts are privileged. The talk discusses how social media data is used to study cultural and societal trends but have several issues from the quality of the data to platform and proprietary effects. Repurposing platform data for social research is also scrutinised, given how platforms optimise content and entice engagement. Re-using platform dashboards and other non-scientific instrumentaria are also addressed, together with how platforms are resistant to archiving. It concludes with a discussion of the future of social media research employing platform data. Please RSVP for the onsite-lecture OR register for the online-lecture. This Tool Gallery is a two-day event. On day 1, we will meet online and start with the introductory basics of “online learning” or “e-learning”, followed by an overview of academic learning platforms and knowledge hubs and the Open Educational Resources landscape in Austria. Participants will learn how they can use those platforms to publish their own content open access. In addition, our experts will provide theoretical input on instructional design and interactive methods. On day 2 we start with putting yesterday’s theoretical input into practice when we design and plan our e-learning frameworks and concepts. In small groups and guided by our tutors, participants will be conceptualise and design their own online training material on a topic of their choice. Finally, a so-called World Café allows participants to take a closer look at several best practice examples for online learning in Digital Humanities. Experts and participants discuss requirements, didactics, and teaching experiences with e-learning tools and virtual knowledge hubs. The Tool Gallery is supported by CLARIAH-AT.