The UMass Computational Social Science Institute is a diverse interdisciplinary community using computational models and methods to help us understand the social world. The Institute promotes dialog and collaboration across our 81 faculty affiliates from 26 departments in 9 colleges at the University of Massachusetts.

Social Media, Organizations, and Academic Research. Python Tutorials for Downloading Twitter Data. Twitter is not the Gutenberg Press.

Big-data understanding of Chinese social media. At SinoMind Lab, we study Chinese social media through a big-data perspective. We use latest webometric techniques to deliver academic and practical insights to our international audience. Why studying Chinese social media? Does Chinese social media present an unique case in academic research? Why big-data and webometrics? Who are we and what are we producing? We are social scientists based in universities worl.

Social data analytics and qualitative insights. We let numbers tell their stories, in the right frame of mind. We blend social data analytics. To enhance the use of digital media in advocacy and community engagement. Ideas travel through social networks. Collective actions stem from interconnected crowds. Of vocal dissents on the Chinese Twitterverse. How political parties in Singapore use Twitter? With the upcoming Singaporean General Election in 2015.