Engagement Statistics by country
This table summarizes the average engagement of news mentioning the name of 30 countries on r/politics, linked to the average GDP per capita and Population across the respective years for each country.
This is an interdisciplinary project tying together concepts of media studies, economics, and digital research methods.
Summary:
I try to uncover how “popular” each country is on the political internet forum of r/politics, while establishing how a country’s wealth and population contribute to its popularity. To do so, I employ:
- Python (Pandas, Scipy, Matplotlib)
- Multiple Regression
- World Bank Data
- Macrotrends Data
Project Details
This project was conducted with ethical approval by the School of Psychology and Neuroscience Ethics Committee at the University of St. Andrews. (See Appendix A. in PDF)
This was my undergraduate project examining how the content delivery format of different social media affected cognitive performance.
Summary:
This experiment compared people’s performance on a recognition memory test before and after experiencing a five-minute distraction of watching TikTok videos, a continuous YouTube video, and reading an article. This project used:
- Python (Pygame) (Pilot experiment)
- MATLAB (Psychophysics Toolbox)
- Old/New Recognition memory test
- IBM SPSS (Data Analysis)