Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure

The article presents the concept and architecture of the Social Media Observatory as a do-it-yourself research infrastructure. It discusses the organizational, technical, and methodological challenges involved in building sustainable access to social media data for communication research.

Citation: Wiedemann, G., Münch, F. V., Rau, J. P., Kessling, P., & Schmidt, J.-H. (2023). Concept and challenges of a social media observatory as a DIY research infrastructure. Publizistik, 68, 201–223.

Publication: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11616-023-00807-6

Tags: #publication, #research-infrastructure, #SMO, #methods, #data-access, #platform-research