Tampere University, in collaboration with the University of Jyväskylä and the University of Helsinki, are organizing a virtual event about the Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools, one of the digital resources developed under the DARIAH-FI research infrastructure.
The Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools are a set of digital resources to collect and analyze large samples of chat data from the game stream service Twitch. One of the biggest transformations across contemporary media cultures is the proliferation of streamed audio-visual content with textual communication features. Online streams of both amateurs and professionals are changing the ways through which people engage with the world. While online streams have been studied increasingly over the past years, the employed methods we currently have are typically qualitative and lack the means for processing larger amounts of content.
The purpose of the Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools (see the promotional video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN6ikEOy54U ) is to develop analysis methods for real-time chat in gameplay streams. The collector tool enables various types of data collection. For example, you can collect data from a live Twitch channel or from past broadcasts (i.e., VOD/Video On Demand). In case of the latter, you can further refine your search by categories or channels. The collected data, which is automatically saved in CSC Allas, can be then processed with the analysis tool, which uses machine learning models based on FinBERT from TurkuNLP for content detection.
In this online workshop, participants will (1) get to know about the Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools and discover what they can do with them; (2) learn how to apply the Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools in their research; and (3) overall become familiar with the DARIAH-FI research infrastructure.
The event is free, but it requires registration. Register to participate until April 30 here: https://forms.office.com/e/NsrP4uVSz5
Prerequisites: Basic skills, no earlier experience with these tools are needed.
Preliminary programme:
10:00-10:15 Welcome and introduction to the online workshop by Anna Sendra Toset, Tampere University, and Raine Koskimaa, University of Jyväskylä
10:15-10:45 Walkthrough and hands-on assignment with the Twitch Chat Collector & Analysis tools by Jari Lindroos and Ida Toivanen, University of Jyväskylä
10:45-11:00 Feedback and general discussion
Language: English
Audience: The event is open to all, although it is particularly aimed for doctoral researchers that work or are interested in working with social media data
More information: anna.sendratoset [at] tuni.fi