Dr Zuleyka Zevallos on Twitter: "😂 Also the social sciences & humanities have been studying social interaction since always. And social media since before it proliferated. So maybe... just maybe... quant methods aren't the real hero here? 💡… https://t.co/OPllwRTdM9"

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Sarah Knowles‏ @dr_know Jun 27

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”Real quantitative” because math has no opinions sure sure surepic.twitter.com/np6WeWBr6n

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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos‏ @OtherSociology Jun 27

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Also, is it not "real" if it's qualitative analysis? Because qual analysis is how to best study language and visual communication, which is the data generated on social media.

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Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein‏ @neoyorquinanerd Jun 27

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Gotta say, it's a nice touch to describe the outcome of 10+ years of education as the ability to write 'opinions and half-baked narratives'

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Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein‏ @neoyorquinanerd Jun 27

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Also, what do they actually mean by 'social media'? Off the top of my head, there's: 1) the ability to share information peer-to-peer more easily? 2) black-box algorithms about what gets seen? 3) corporate policies & financial incentives? 4) [etc.]

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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos‏ @OtherSociology Jun 27

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It's interesting they seek computer scientists, data sci, maths & politics - but don't specify sociology, anthro & other social sciences & humanities. We're not even real scientists though, so that solves that riddle.

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Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein‏ @neoyorquinanerd Jun 27

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I guess nobody told him lots of us get money from the National *Science* Foundation, huh?

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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos‏ @OtherSociology Jun 27

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I look forward to the next ad where they realise they absolutely cannot do good work without the theories, concepts, methods & input of social sciences & humanities.

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Sarah Knowles‏ @dr_know Jun 27

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buT tHe NUmBerS

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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos‏ @OtherSociology Jun 27

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Our objective opinions are objective and quantifiable! Politics is important and needs maths! Social media is frivolous opinions! Let's study it with REAL SCIENCE, cloak it in stats, publish it, so it becomes *not* frivolous half baked opinions.

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Dr. Jena Barchas-Lichtenstein‏ @neoyorquinanerd Jun 27

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Me, an anthropologist: Have you considered that 'objectivity' is a myth and that literally all takes, including the quantitative, are socially positioned? Them: But ... but ... but numbers.

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Dr Zuleyka Zevallos‏ @OtherSociology Jun 27

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Also the social sciences & humanities have been studying social interaction since always. And social media since before it proliferated. So maybe... just maybe... quant methods aren't the real hero here?