Teaching

I teach courses and supervise theses in the realm of political communication and journalism, in particular about ‘new media’ topics. Next to that, I teach methods courses – both “traditional” ones and on automated content analysis, programming and Big Data.

Links + ressources for students

Important information for students who consider taking the course Big Data and Automated Content Analysis

If you want to find out whether this course is something for you, you can have a look at materials used earlier. The (old) course manual gives an overview of the course, but I also put all slides on slideshare. You can also find all teaching materials and exercises used last time here. Of course, there will be some changes next year, but the general structure remains the same.

A really good way to learn the basics of programming in Python (we will do our analyses in Python in the course) is taking the free online course at codecademy, which only takes a few hours.

If you have any further questions about the course, send me an email at d.c.trilling@uva.nl or contact me on Twitter (@damian0604).

Please also have a look at the Computational Social Science section of my website.

If you are a student doing an empirical research project (e.g., for your master thesis), you might want to have a look at these slides on how to manage your data (PDF, in Dutch).

If you are unsure about how to report empirical results in a paper or thesis, have a look at this manual by our department (PDF, in Dutch; PDF, in English).

Courses taught

Current teaching (Academic year 2016/17, Semester 2):

  • Research Master methods course Big Data and Automated Content Analysis
  • Course for Erasmus Mundus Thesis students: Journalistic Product

Academic year 2016/17, Semester 1:

  • Co-developing a MOOC on media ethics

Academic year 2015/16, Semester 2:

  • Research Master methods course Big Data and Automated Content Analysis
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2015/16, Semester 1:

  • Bachelor seminar group “Domain Module Political Communication and Journalism” (“Werkgroep Domeinmodule politieke communicatie en journalistiek”)
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2014/15, Semester 2:

  • Bachelor graduation project for excellent students (“Afstudeerproject excellentietraject”)
  • Research Master methods course Big Data and Automated Content analysis
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2014/15, Semester 1:

  • Bachelor graduation project (“Afstudeerproject”) “Hot topics in Political Communication” (with Linda Bos)
  • Seminar group Introduction to Research Methods (Master level)
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2013/14, Semester 2

  • Bachelor graduation project for excellent students (“Afstudeerproject excellentietraject”)
  • Research Master methods course Big Data and Automated Content analysis
  • One-and-a-half day workshop for Faculty and PhD candidates on analysis of social media data with Python and Gephi
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2013/14, Semester 1

  • Bachelor graduation project “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens” (“Afstudeerproject Dode bomen en digitale burgers”).
  • Master thesis supervision

Academic year 2012/13, Semester 2

  • Master elective “New Media, New Politics?”
  • Master specialization seminar “Political Communication II: Citizens and Public Opinion”. Co-teaching with Anouk van Drunen and Regula Hänggli.
  • Master thesis supervision.
  • Bachelor graduation project “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens” (“Afstudeerproject Dode bomen en digitale burgers”).
  • Bachelor thesis supervision.

Academic year 2012/13, Semester 1

  • Master elective “New Media, New Politics?”
  • Master specialization seminar “Political Communication I: Journalism and the Media”. Co-teaching with Richard van der Wurff.
  • Two Bachelor seminar groups “Domain Module Political Communication and Journalism” (“Werkgroepen Domeinmodule politieke communicatie en journalistiek”)

Academic year 2011/12, Semester 2

  • Bachelor graduation seminar “Dead Trees and Digital Citizens: News and Journalism in an Online Era”. (“Afstudeerseminar Dode bomen en digitale burgers: Nieuws en journalistiek in het online tijdperk”). Co-teaching with Tom Bakker.
  • Bachelor thesis supervision.

Academic year 2010/11, Semester 1

  • Bachelor seminar group “Introduction to Communication Science” (“Werkgroep Inleiding Communicatiewetenschap”)

And next to that, I occasionally give guest lectures on various political communication topics –e.g., on framing at the UNISCA Summer Academy or on Big Data in Communication Science.