If your group is open and you know a bit of Python (or are willing to learn) you can use this: https://github.com/dfreelon/fb_scrape_public It collects main posts and comments, and has no time limits. But it will only collect posts/comments from users whose privacy settings allow anyone to see them. ~DEEN On 12/8/2015 5:36 AM, Michael Deml wrote:

Hello,

I am a Master's student in sociology at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. I am currently working on research involving a Facebook group as a sort of virtual ethnography.

I was wondering if anyone knew of any researchers who work with archiving Facebook group discussions. I am looking for a way to better facilitate the archiving of my data, as I planned on creating a corpus based on 6 months of discussions within the Facebook group.

Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Please respond offline to michaeljdeml@gmail.com.

Best wishes,

Michael Deml

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Hi Michael, The SocialMediaLab package would be highly suited to this kind of data collection, providing you don't mind a little bit of programming :) http://voson.anu.edu.au/SocialMediaLab My colleague Robert Ackland and I have written an "Absolute Beginner's" guide for SocialMediaLab. You might find this helpful for getting started, particularly if you have little (or zero) programming experience: http://voson.anu.edu.au/papers/SocialMediaLab/Absolute_Beginners_Guide_to_So... All the best for your research! Tim ________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Michael Deml <michaeljdeml@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 8:36 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] Archiving Facebook Group Posts Hello, I am a Master's student in sociology at the University of Geneva in Switzerland. I am currently working on research involving a Facebook group as a sort of virtual ethnography. I was wondering if anyone knew of any researchers who work with archiving Facebook group discussions. I am looking for a way to better facilitate the archiving of my data, as I planned on creating a corpus based on 6 months of discussions within the Facebook group. Any help you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Please respond offline to michaeljdeml@gmail.com. Best wishes, Michael Deml (michaeljdeml@gmail.com) _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/