This repository contains materials for the workshop about Social Media and Demographic Research held at the meeting of the Brazilian and Latin American Population Associations, on October 17, 2016.
The material was prepared by Emilio Zagheni and Charles Lanfear. Julio Ortega is offering support to participants during the workshop activities. Twitter and Facebook exercises rely on the use of excelelent R scripts and packages by Pablo Barbera and Jeffrey Breen.
The workshop was organized by the IUSSP Panel on Big Data and Population Processes, with support from the Hewlett Foundation and the Population Association of America.
The program includes a welcome speech by IUSSP President-elect Tom Le Grand.