Social Media Data Collection: Research, Analysis, and Findings

This report delves into the realm of social media data collection, exploring its methods, research aspects, and implications. It begins by outlining how social media platforms gather data, including the use of cookies and tracking technologies, and then highlights key research issues such as qualitative vs. quantitative approaches and the impact of social media on personal information. The report explains the choice of qualitative research for this study and differentiates between data, information, and knowledge. It also analyzes the impact of big data, including its benefits like enhanced decision-making and its drawbacks like security risks. Finally, the report provides a concise overview of the data collection process and the impact of the data, information and knowledge on research proposals. This assignment is a valuable resource for students looking to understand the complexities of social media data.

Personal Data collection in social media

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION IN SOCIAL MEDIA............................................................3
How does research process work?............................................................................................3
What are three of the key issues in research?..............................................................................3
Which research have you chosen and why?................................................................................3
Types of data................................................................................................................................3

PERSONAL DATA COLLECTION IN SOCIAL MEDIA
Social media data encompasses a broad range of online information that is including
photos, purchase history, active hours on social media, engagement rate with different types of
content.
How does research process work?
 According to this process social media collect information in order to use the technique
that also includes cookies, that follow log and web in activity.
 Some other browser are related to the fingerprinting, defencing and cross-site tracking
that is also helped for identifying time zones, metrics, devices etc.
 Organizations personal data impact on the basis of organization members that are related
to employee, contractors, consultants, trainees etc.
What are three of the key issues in research?
 The social scientific research community
 Difference between qualitative and quantitative data
 The causes and effect of socials media regarding personal information.
Which research have you chosen and why?
 There are qualitative research method will be used in order to identify the theoretical
aspect.
 This research is chosen because this is based on authentic and relevant source of data.
 On the basis of topic it has been chosen for topic this is very trending and it provides the
chance to learn new things.
Types of data
How data, knowledge and information differ?
 data is related to fragmented on the basis of piece of symbol and characters strung
together.
 Information is related to refined data.
 Knowledge is related to useful information.

How does this impact on research proposal?
 Data, information and knowledge are help in research proposal in order to more focus
on understanding and awareness for the particular topic.
 Then it can be said it impacted positive in order to enhance the analytical skill of an
individual.
Reflect on big data choice and discuss pros and cons.
I have analysed that big data can be collected through various things such as accept, search about
devices. Also, big data companies are help to collect the data that build personas related to
determining the gender and age.
Pros- Better decision making, increased production
Cons- Security risk, lack of talent.

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