In this edition of Bytes & Bites, Prof. Wouter van Atteveldt and Prof. Damian Trillingwill present their work at the Societal Analytics Lab and talk about their book "Computational Analysis of Communication". The book gives a practical introduction to the analysis of texts, networks, and images with code examples in Python and R. The book is open and freely available, which makes computational techniques accessible (and fun!) to as many students and researchers as possible, regardless of means and institutional support.

Our guest speakers also well known for their journal: CCR - Computational Communication Research, an Open Access and community-owned journalabout the understanding, development and application of computational methods in communication research.

About Bytes & Bites

Do you want to meet other researchers, improve your programming skills, or ask questions related to programming? Pick up your laptop and come to Bytes & Bites. At Bytes & Bites anyone is welcome, whether you are a beginner or advanced programmer, whether you write in R or in C++.

And of course, you can't program and work with "Bytes" without any tasty "Bites"! Sinterklaas will make sure there is pizza and some extra snacks available!

More information about Bytes & Bites and all materials from previous sessions can be found here: https://ubvu.github.io/bytes-and-bites/

We will meet at the O|2 building, room 01W08 - come in as you like and leave when you have to.