The Methods podcast brings you conversations with leading international experts on a wide range of topics related to research methods. The podcast explores methodological innovations, provides practical tips and discusses new challenges and opportunities. The latest series focuses on qualitative longitudinal and mixed methods research and was recorded as part of the EU-funded YouthLife project. The podcast is produced by the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), a UK centre that delivers training and resources on research methods, supporting researchers in the social sciences and beyond.
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The Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS): Beginnings, Emerging Findings and Possible Futures (NCRM) - Dr. Matthew Williams and Dr. Pete Burnap
Dr. Matthew Williams and Dr. Pete Burnap from the <a href="http://www.ncrm.ac.uk/research/MIP/prediction.php">NCRM funded Crime Sensing with Social Media project</a> talk about the core ideas behind the founding of the ESRC supported <a href="http://www.cs.cf.ac.uk/cosmos/">Collaborative Online Social Media Observatory (COSMOS)</a>, highlight some of the emerging findings from the first 3 years of their projects on crime sensing, racial tension, cyberhate and Twitter user demographics, and discuss the future of the COSMOS programme and the role it has in improving our understanding of how 'online' publics' organise and react to national and global events and in democratising social media data access and big 'social' data analysis. COSMOS is a collaboration between the universities of Cardiff (Williams, Burnap, Sloan, Housley, Edwards, Rana & Morgan) Warwick (Procter) and St. Andrews (Voss).