Resources
I share resources that have been helpful in my research and academic journey.
Research Methods
Computational Methods
- Tidy Text Mining with R by Julia Silge and David Robinson
- NLTK Book - Natural Language Processing with Python
- Social Media Lab - Social media research resources
Statistics & Data Analysis
- R for Data Science by Hadley Wickham
- UCLA Stats Resources - Statistical consulting guides
- Cross Validated - Statistics Q&A community
Writing & Publication
Academic Writing
- They Say / I Say - Academic writing templates
- Writing Science by Joshua Schimel
- APA Style Guide
Target Journals
- Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication
- New Media & Society
- Health Communication
- Journal of Medical Internet Research
Literature Management
- Zotero - Free reference management
- Connected Papers - Literature exploration
- Research Rabbit - AI-powered discovery
Professional Development
Conferences
- ICA (International Communication Association)
- NCA (National Communication Association)
- AEJMC (Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication)
Useful Tools
Data Collection
- Reddit API (PRAW for Python)
- Twitter Academic API
Data Analysis
- R + RStudio
- Python + Jupyter
- SPSS
Visualization
- ggplot2 (R)
- Tableau Public
Resources updated periodically. Suggestions welcome at zxinyu@msu.edu