How can we use the Internet to study the Internet? How can features of the web and online platforms be used to study digital culture? How to study histories of the web, the dynamics of social media, the cultures of apps and the politics of search engines?

We will have a co-learning workshop on digital methods for studying internet culture at Seoul National University at 2-4pm on 8-9th June 2026. We will gather to explore tools, methods, and conceptual frameworks for studying the web and online platforms.

The workshop will provide an opportunity for hands-on exploration of a wide range of digital methods and approaches, such as interface critique, platform historiography, search as research, the walkthrough method, social media analysis and more. We will look at how prominent Korean platforms such as Naver and Daum evolved over time. Participants will learn how to use free and open source tools for gathering and doing qualitative research with collections of online materials - including 4CAT, web archives, browser extensions, and other open source tools.

The workshop is organized as part of the k-platforms project, a collaboration between King’s College London, Seoul National University, the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Birdcall and the Public Data Lab to support collaborative research on South Korean digital media landscapes and how they are being shaped by the development of apps, platforms and AI.

The workshop will be facilitated with Liliana Bounegru, Chamee Yang at SNU, Jisu Lee at Birdcall and myself. Further details and registration form can be found here.