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The project Social Media Data Stewardship best exemplifies collegiality and connectedness. Collegiality and connectedness offer help to those who need it. In Lisa Spiro’s article, “This is why we fight”: Defining the Values of Digital Humanities she talks about how the goal of collegiality and connectedness is to promote public knowledge. She quotes Lincoln Mullen saying, “It’s the ethos that says, I’m a coder and you’re not, so let me teach you, or let me build the tools you need. It’s the ethos that says texts and tools should be available for all and that publicly funded research and instruction should be publicly accessible”. When it comes to collegiality and connectedness it’s not about hierarchy it’s about sharing what you know.
Social Media Data Stewardship is about the data management processes that social media researchers have to navigate today. The project aims to make social media data research better and more ethical for other researchers. The project offers tools and apps, case studies, and public reports. These three things are of use to anyone who is new to the field. Tools and apps narrows down the best programs to use with all the information you need to know about them so you don’t have to do further research. Case studies is about very specific topics that could also benefit researchers. Public reports provide an overview of social media in canada where the provide primary research. They provide tools and apps to get you started, case studies for things that no one else is looking at, and large public reports that are of interest to everyone with really good data behind it. All of this is to help newcomers understand in the easiest way possible.
