Teaching Computer-Assisted Content Analysis with Yoshikoder

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Last blog post I discussed the second project in my applied research class, a sentiment analysis of Tweets using Yoshikoder – a free computer-assisted content analysis program from Harvard. As promised, I want to share my assignment, and my handout for students that […]

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Google Scholar Tutorial: Become A Google Scholar Power User – Scholar Profiles (Post 2 of 3)

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Google Scholar Tutorial: Part 2: Using Scholar Profiles Thanks to everyone who read my first post in this three-part tutorial on becoming a Google Scholar Power User:  advanced features of Google Scholar search. If you haven’t read it, check it out. If you […]

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Google Scholar Tutorial: Become a Google Scholar Power User (Part 1 of 3)

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Google Scholar Tutorial This is Part 1 in a 3-part Google Scholar tutorial to help you become a Google Scholar Power User. I love Google Scholar. It is useful for not only your research agenda, but also it is a tool to teach […]

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“Social Media and Mobiles” Social Media and Politics Research Published!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. I hope everyone is staying warm! Here in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, we’ve got some terribly cold weather heading our way tonight! I want to take a moment to share some news from the research side of my life in academia. […]

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Follow up research to “Did Social Media Really Matter?” Published!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope everyone had a happy Thanksgiving! Exciting News! This week’s post is a quick announcement those interested in research on social media and civic and political participation! My latest publication with my colleague, former fellow WSU graduate student, and good friend Masahiro Yamomoto […]

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Why Do Academics Blog? Mysteries of 21st century academia!

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read my disclosure for details. Hope everyone is enjoying their Thanksgiving break! A recent article published in Studies in Higher Education asks: Why do academics blog? Hmm. I guess it seemed obvious. Why does anyone blog? Fame, fortune…? Then I got thinking. Yeah, why do academics blog? Of […]

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