This post is a guest blog by Dr Phillip Brooker, on Programming-as-Social-Science (PaSS): A Matter of Form and Content. Phillip is an instructor on our ‘Introduction to Python’ and ‘Intermediate Python Skills’ online courses.
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This post is a guest blog by Dr Phillip Brooker, on Programming-as-Social-Science (PaSS): A Matter of Form and Content. Phillip is an instructor on our ‘Introduction to Python’ and ‘Intermediate Python Skills’ online courses.
PhD candidates from the University of Nottingham ESRC Doctoral Program told us about their experience with our Introduction to Python e-learning course.
Phillip Brooker is an interdisciplinary researcher in the field of social media analytics, with a background in sociology and sociological research methods. Phillip co-convenes the Programming-as-Social-Science (PaSS) network (www.jiscmail.ac.uk/PaSS) which explores computer programming as a subject and methodological tool for social research and teaching. Phillip is also our social science expert and course instructor on Introduction to Python for Social Scientists. We spoke to him about his background in computational social science and what he’s been working on recently.