B2714 - LEGGERE E INTERPRETARE I BIG DATA

Academic Year 2024/2025

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Media, Public and Corporate Communication (cod. 5703)

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