Congratulations on reaching the final module! At this juncture, it is anticipated that students have gathered tweets using TAGS on a hashtag of their interest, analyzed their tweets by assigning codes or themes, and tabulated frequencies of various codes.

In this concluding phase of the project, we will be working to synthesize our observations based on the analysis. The format for the final output can be writing intensive in the form of an academic paper or blog post. Conversely, more auditory or visual formats such as oral presentation, an infographic, a podcast, or a short video could also be assigned.

Offering rubrics to help students frame their writing and narrate a compelling story is highly recommended. In the box below, I share one possible rubric for writing a blog post. These prompts may need to be modified to accommodate for the specific format of the final output.

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RUBRIC FOR SOCIAL MEDIA POST

1.Introduction: What is your topic of interest? Which hashtag did you select and why ? Why is this topic important?

2. Methods : write a short paragraph explaining how you gathered tweets. Include details about specific criteria you included in TAGS for eg minimum no. of followers and explain the rationale behind it.

b. What sampling criteria did you to use to shortlist tweets for coding? Were there any tweets you excluded? (Explain why)

3. Results : a. Create a table that includes all your codes, along with a brief definition and an example tweet. Also include tabulated frequencies for each code or theme in the table

b. Write a brief narrative describing your results. You could include information such as what are the most frequent codes or themes? Were there some codes or themes that stood out for you (even if they appeared infrequently in your results)

c. You may use tables, graphs, illustrations to describe your observations.

4. Discussion

What have been the key observations in your study? Discuss any patterns, reflections based on your results.

How does this relate to existing theories and peer reviewed literature?

Discuss the absences in the conversation on twitter. Where there certain issues that were not discussed? or certain groups of people excluded from the conversation

Finally, what are the limitations of your project? what would you have done differently if you had access to better resources (including extra time!)

5. Conclusion