for researching online discourse
About the Data Knowledge Hub
The Data Knowledge Hub is a collaborative open-source project. We always welcome contributions from the researchers and analysts – either via GitHub or by contacting us directly. To make facilitating contributions from a variety of people easier and to create a welcoming, inclusive, and healthy experience for everyone, the Data Knowledge Hub is released with a Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project, you agree to abide by its terms.
The world of social media and digital platforms is developing rapidly. Disinformation, hate speech, and manipulative content are increasingly shaping our information flow. Current research is often fragmented or anecdotal.
The Data Knowledge Hub provides a central platform for independent, data-driven research to promote better understanding and trusted insights into online discourse.
Why
Disinformation is unfolding new dynamics and reach in the digital space. Especially on the major social platforms, recommendation algorithms and other design features seem to further amplify disinformation, hate, and incitement.
How
Against this background, it is important to attract more researchers, social scientists, and data scientists who are both technically capable of conducting social media monitoring and who can classify generated data in the political-social context and thus expand the state of research.
What
The Hub aims at reducing the hurdles for independent research on social platforms and online discourse by creating a central knowledge base where we gather the most important information, the legal basis, the best tools and code samples via crowdsourcing.
To the Hub
The Data Knowledge Hub is a central resource for researchers, social scientists, journalists, and policymakers exploring social media and online discourse.
Getting started
To the GitHub-Community
The Data Knowledge Hub is a collaborative open-source project. We always welcome contributions from the community – either via GitHub or by contacting us directly.
Community and SupportGot ideas? Doing research yourself? Contribute!
Join the community and contribute to deciphering the dynamics of digital discourse and creating well-founded insights for a better information culture! We always welcome contributions from the community - either via GitHub or by contacting us directly.
Core benefits – Why participate?
Access to resources
Gain access to a comprehensive, centralized pool of data, tools and methods for researching online discourse and social media. Practical guidance for every stage of a research project: from data collection to analysis.Promotion of independent research
The Data Knowledge Hub promotes independent research on social media and online discourse. We aim to reduce the hurdles for researchers and analysts by providing a central knowledge base.Community and collaboration
Join a community of researchers, data scientists, journalists, and policymakers. Share your knowledge, learn from others, and collaborate on projects.Practical tools and examples
Find practical tools and code examples for collecting and analyzing data from social media platforms. Learn from the experience of others and contribute your own tools and code.Interdisciplinary approach
The Data Knowledge Hub is a platform for interdisciplinary exchange. We welcome contributions from researchers, data scientists, journalists, and policymakers from a variety of backgrounds.Co-create and innovate
The Data Knowledge Hub is a collaborative open-source project. We always welcome contributions from the community - either via GitHub or by contacting us directly.Who is behind the Data Knowledge Hub?
The Data Knowledge Hub is a project of Upgrade Democracy, an initiative of the Bertelsmann Stiftung. The aim of the Hub is to provide researchers, data scientists, journalists and policy makers with centralised resources for independent research into social media and online discourse.
Together with dozens of researchers and civil society organisations, we aim to promote research in the field of online discourse and thus contribute to strengthening democracy in digital spaces.
Say hello!
Do you have any questions, suggestions, or ideas? We look forward to hearing from you! Simply write an email to upgrade.democracy@bertelsmann-stiftung.de