- Docente: Marco Albertini
- Credits: 4
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Media, Public and Corporate Communication (cod. 5703)
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from Sep 20, 2024 to Oct 25, 2024
Learning outcomes
The course aims at introducing students to the principles and elements of the approach of computational social sciences. Moreover, a series of specific empirical studies will be presented.
Course contents
The course aims at introducing students to the principles and elements of the approach of computational social sciences. Moreover, a series of specific empirical studies will be presented.
Readings/Bibliography
- Salganik, M.J. (2020) Bit by bit. La ricerca sociale nell'era digitale. Bologna: il Mulino.
- Mayer-Schönberger, V. e Cukier, K. (2014) Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think. Eamon Dolan/Mariner Books.
a list of additional readings will be provided before the beginning of the course
Teaching methods
Reading discussions; students' presentations of selected readings; introduction and short data/text analysis with R and R-studio
Assessment methods
Evalutation will be based on students' presentation and a short final paper (max 3000 words, in Italian)
Teaching tools
materials on virtuale platform; R and R-Studio
Office hours
See the website of Marco Albertini