Twitter for Planning

Total course duration: 37:00m (Includes 7 videos)
Price: $25.00
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Explore how to use Twitter to engage with the public in planning processes. Learn how to take those 140 character messages and turn them into meaningful analysis that can influence your planning process. Jennifer Evans-Cowley, PhD, AICP, your instructor, is a Professor and Section Head of City and Regional Planning at the Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University. Dr. Evans-Cowley regularly teaches courses to prepare candidates to take the AICP* exam and serves as the professional development officer for the Ohio Chapter of the American Planning Association.

Chapters

  • 1. Twitter for Planning - Introduction

    What is Twitter? This chapter starts at the beginning and describes what Twitter is and how it works, along with an introduction to the course outline.

    02:01m
  • 2. How to Use Twitter

    This chapter introduces you to how to use Twitter and the basic terminology utilized by Twitter.

    06:46m
  • 3. A Case Study for Using Twitter for Planning

    Looking at the City of Austin's use of Twitter to engage the public on their Strategic Mobility Plan.

    07:05m
  • 4. Analyzing and Coding Tweets

    This chapter covers methods for analyzing and coding tweets.

    04:56m
  • 5. Sentiment Analysis

    Once you've coded all of your tweets, you can use sentiment analysis to make it useful.

    05:08m
  • 6. Analyzing Tweet Content

    More methods for analyzing tweets for content analysis.

    08:17m
  • 7. Analyzing Participation

    Looking at ways to quantify the rate and quality of participation.

    04:37m
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