Social Media Courses

Alan Turing Institute

Does Campaigning on Social Media Make a Difference? Evidence from Candidate Use of Twitter

Explore the impact of social media campaigning on elections using data science. Analyze Twitter usage by candidates, voter engagement, and campaign strategies to understand modern political landscapes.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Elvis Saravia

Building Tools and Frameworks for Large-Scale Social Media Mining

Learn to build tools and frameworks for large-scale social media mining, focusing on creating data infrastructure for COVID-19 research using Twitter data. Gain insights on challenges, solutions, and best practices.

• YouTube
• 46 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

EGATOR

Responsive Social Media Website With Theme Customization Using HTML CSS & JavaScript

Build a responsive social media website with customizable themes using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. Learn modern web development techniques and create an interactive user interface.

• YouTube
• 2 hours 38 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Built for Profit, Repurposed for Research - Using Advertising APIs to Collect Social Media Data

Explore innovative methods for collecting social media data using advertising APIs, focusing on Facebook's audience estimates for research in migration, poverty mapping, and digital gender gaps.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Devoxx

Sentiment Analysis of Social Media Posts Using Apache Spark

Practical demonstration of sentiment analysis on Reddit comments using Apache Spark, covering implementation, data processing, and results visualization for large-scale social media content analysis.

• YouTube
• 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Toxic Mirror - Selfies, Social Media, and Body Image

Explore the impact of selfies and social media on body image with marketing professor Martha Laham, examining how appearance-focused online activities shape our self-perception.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

Is Social Media Destroying the World?

Explore data-driven insights on social media's impact on society, mental health, and behavior with psychology professor Dr. Chris Ferguson in this thought-provoking TEDx talk.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

RSA Conference

Detecting Influence Campaigns Across Social Media Platforms

Explore cutting-edge methods for identifying coordinated misinformation campaigns on social media, their characteristics, and tools to combat them based on multi-year research findings.

• YouTube
• 36 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Conference Talk

The Aspen Institute

Detox Your Feed - Building Resilience Against Toxic Beauty Advice on Social Media

Empower parents and mentors to help teens navigate toxic beauty advice on social media. Learn to identify harmful content and build resilience in this workshop led by cultural expert Jess Weiner.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 3 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Keeping Bots in Check - Combating Automated Propaganda on Social Media

Discover how two young tech innovators created Botchek.me to combat Twitter bots, filter propaganda, and reshape our perception of online news.

• YouTube
• 53 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Anti-Social Media and the Menace of Disinformation

Explore the impact of disinformation on social media with experts discussing challenges, consequences, and potential solutions for combating false narratives online.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Social Media and American Democracy: Challenges and Consequences

Exploring social media's impact on American democracy, polarization, and constitutional principles. Discusses challenges to deliberative governance and potential solutions in the digital age.

• YouTube
• 52 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

AGU

Communicating Climate Science: Innovative Strategies and Social Media Engagement

Innovative climate communication strategies using stories, metaphors, and multimedia to counter misinformation and promote clean energy solutions. Explores effective outreach methods through TV, live events, and social media.

• YouTube
• 27 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

physicsteachers

#iTeachPhysics - Can Social Media Make Us Better Educators?

Exploring how social media enhances physics education by fostering connections, sharing ideas, and promoting empathy among educators to improve teaching practices and institutional change.

• YouTube
• 37 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

The Aspen Institute

Free Speech in the Age of Social Media

Explore the complexities of free speech regulation by private tech companies in the digital era, examining its impact on democracy and the challenges of balancing protection and moderation.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 2 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video