DIGITAL HUMANITIES 4: WORKING WITH THE WORLD WIDE WEB

Academic year
2020/2021 Syllabus of previous years
Official course title
DIGITAL HUMANITIES 4: WORKING WITH THE WORLD WIDE WEB
Course code
ECC034 (AF:346153 AR:184500)
Modality
ECTS credits
6
Degree level
Istituto d`eccellenza
Educational sector code
INF/01
Period
2nd Semester
Course year
1
Where
VENEZIA
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The course aims at providing an overview of network science methods and techniques for the analysis of complex phenomena in social systems.
At the end of the course the student will be able to identify and apply quantitative methods for the analysis of complex and unstructured data by means of the R language.
Basic computing knowledge (basic functions of the operating system, web browsing, e-mail, Office working suites, search engines).
- Basics of the R language
- Complex Systems and Network Science
- Ethics of Handling Social Data
- Sentiment Analysis
- Cybersecurity

(This outline may be subject to change.)
- Network Science. Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Cambridge University Press, 2016
- Humanities data in R. Exploring networks, geospatial data, images, and text. Taylor Arnold, Lauren Tilton. Cham, Switzerland, Springer, 2015
Oral presentation of a research project previously agreed with the instructor.
Frontal classes and seminars held by experts in the field.
oral
Definitive programme.