I will be conducting a 5-day intensive course in social media network analysis, 4-8 July, University of Queensland - St Lucia campus (Brisbane). The course is part of the Australian Consortium for Social and Political Research Incorporated (http://www.acspri.org.au) 2011 Winter Program. Here is the blurb for the course: This course will provide students with practical training in social media network analysis using two software packages: the VOSON System (a web-based application for hyperlink network construction and analysis) and NodeXL (a free Excel 2007/2010 template for social network analysis). The main focus will be on quantitative analysis of Internet trace data from websites, blogsites, Twitter and Facebook. While there will be a lot of emphasis on network analysis (e.g. WWW hyperlink networks, friend/follower networks in Twitter, buddy networks in Facebook), text analysis will also be covered. There will also be an introduction to using Virtual Worlds (e.g. Second Life and Massively Multiplayer Online Games) for social research. Bookings can be made at the following page: http://www.acspri.org.au/node/699 Early bird cutoff date: Wednesday, May 4, 2011 -- ------------------------------------- Dr Robert Ackland Fellow and Masters Coordinator, Australian Demographic and Social Research Institute, The Australian National University homepage: http://adsri.anu.edu.au/people/robert.php project: http://voson.anu.edu.au Information about the Master of Social Research (Social Science of the Internet specialisation): http://adsri.anu.edu.au/study/msr.php -------------------------------------