Digital Methods Summer School 2013 Tool Medley
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digital methods tool medley Digital Methods Summer School 2013, Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July Tomás Saraceno, galaxies forming along laments, Venice Biennial 2009 anne helmond www.digitalmethods.net
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Tool medley by Anne Helmond. Tools: https://tools.digitalmethods.net
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digital methodstool medley
Digital Methods Summer School 2013, Amsterdam, 24 June - 5 July
Tomás Saraceno, galaxies forming along !laments, Venice Biennial 2009
anne helmondwww.digitalmethods.net
medley?
1. a diverse assortment or mixture2. a musical composition made up of a series of songs or
short pieces
<a medley of snack foods available on the buffet table>
new methods and tools for social and cultural research
digital methods initiative tool database:tools.digitalmethods.net
digital methods initiative tool database:tools.digitalmethods.net
research question -> operationalization &method: often a chain of tools
cablegate
Question: Do the sources acknowledge cablegate?
The Response of the Source
1.Get all links for US embassy websites: http://www.usembassy.gov/
2.Compile list of embassies mentioned in cables: http://wikileaks.ch/cablegate.html
3.Compare lists4.Query mentioned embassies for:
1. wikileaks2. "Julian Assange"3. Assange4. cablegate
5.Get number of cables per embassy6.Visualize output
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/ResponsesoftheSources
aim: get links
tool: link ripper
result: links!
repeat & paste in spreadsheet
tool: compare lists
aim: get #nr mentions
tool: googlescraper (Lippmannian Device)
result: tagclouds
aim: get most leaked embassy
tool: Google Docs build on leakfeed API
further analysis
digital methodssearch as research
the nationality of rights typesResearch project by the Digital Methods Initiative Summer School 09
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
the point of departure of search as research, or societal search, may be summarized as follows: we look at Google results and see society, instead of Google. That is to say, including its ‘artifacts,’ engine results put much on display – from source competition and standing to longevity and commitment. (Rogers)
search as research digital methods
Can the search engine be repurposed to show which rights are speci!c per country?
research question
.nl (Dutch), .be (Dutch, French),
.com/.co.uk/.com.au/(English),
.it (Italian), .ro (Romanian),
.md (Moldavian), .ca (French, English),
.fr (French), .de/.at/.lu (German),
.! (Finnish), .se (Swedish), .ee (Estonian),
.ru (Russian)
“Query design” is the practice of formulating a query so the results can be interpreted as indications and findings (however clue-like), as opposed to mere information retrieved or optimization and manipulation exposed (however fascinating). (Rogers 2013, 111)
search as research “query design”
Google.se with query “rattigheter” (13.07.09)Google.! with query “oikeudet” (13.07.09)Google.ee with query “oigused” (15.07.09)Google.lv with query “tiesibas” (16.07.09)Google.co.uk with query “rights” (13.07.09)Google.nl with query “rechten” (13.07.09)Google.fr with query “droits” (14.07.09)Google.pt with query “direitos” (14.07.09)Google.es with query “derechos” (13.07.09)
the nationalities of issueshttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NationalityofIssues
mapping the dutch blogosphere
tool: issuecrawler
https://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/DutchBlogosphere2003
tool: issuecrawler
result: map IssueCrawler -> Gephi
the historical dutch blogosphere
tool: harvester
result: links!
the historical dutch blogosphere
NL Blogosphere
deceased blogs
tool: linkrippertool: URL responder (= Get HTTP response status codes from Censorship Explorer)
tool: wikipedia bot edits scraperhttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
tool: wikipedia bot edits scraperhttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
tool: wikipedia bot edits scraperhttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
tool: censorship explorerhttps://mappingiranonline.digitalmethods.net/
tool: censorship explorerhttps://wiki.digitalmethods.net/Dmi/NetworkedContent
tool: censorship explorer & tool: dorling map generator
https://mappingiranonline.digitalmethods.net/
tool: twitterscraper
tool: TCAT
tool: netvizz
tool: tracker tracker
Tracker Tracker -> Gephi
bonus tools!
OpenRefineA free, open source, power tool for working with messy data
http://openrefine.org/
bonus tools!
bonus tools! tools from colleagues
http://tools.medialab.sciences-po.fr/
kthnxbai!
tool wizzard: erik borra
kthxbai!
tool wizzard: erik borra
