Social Media Courses

Computational Social Science Methods

109 reviews

This course gives you an overview of the current opportunities and the omnipresent reach of computational social science. The results are all around us, every day, reaching from the services provided by the world’s most valuable companies, over the hidde…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 4 weeks long
• 3rd Apr, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Accenture

Digital Skills: Social Media

6 reviews

Learn how to use social media for business, from creating a social media presence to measuring success.

• FutureLearn
• 1 hour a week, 2 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Certificate

University College London

Why We Post: the Anthropology of Social Media

46 ratings at FutureLearn

Discover the varying uses of social media around the world and its consequences for politics, relationships and everyday life.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

In this workshop we discuss the emergence of social media, how the concept gained popularity and has now become the axle in collaborative communication on the Internet. We follow this with a presentation of basic approaches that you can use to protect yo…

• openHPI
• 5 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course

IIT Delhi;  IIIT-Delhi;  NPTEL

Privacy and Security in Online Social Media

Student completing the course will be able to appreciate various privacy and security concerns (spam, phishing, fraud nodes, identity theft) on Online Social Media and Student will be able to clearly articulate one or two concerns comprehensively on one…

• Swayam
• 12 weeks long
• 22nd Jan, 2023
• Free Online Course

Taipei Medical University

Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges

3 ratings at FutureLearn

Understand how social media is used in healthcare, to improve communication and information sharing, with this free online course.

• FutureLearn
• 3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Self paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Social Media Literacy for Change

The internet in general and social media in particular play an increasingly important role for the ways in which we socialise, we acquire information and learn. These new media require specific types of literacy from their users in order for them to take…

• Independent
• 5 hours a week, 6-7 weeks long
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course

Microcredential

Computational Social Science

115 reviews

Digital technology has revolutionized society, but also the way we can study it. Computational power allows us to detect hidden patterns through analytical tools like machine learning and to natural language processing. Computer simulations enable us to…

• Coursera
• 3 hours a week, 26 weeks long
• Paid Course
• 5 courses

University of Pennsylvania;  Wharton Microcredential

Fundamentals of Digital Marketing, Social Media, and E-Commerce

Build the marketing skills you need to succeed in the Digital Economy from Wharton, consistently ranked #1 globally for marketing education.

• edX
• 2-3 hours a week, 6 weeks long
• Paid Course

Wesleyan University

Social Psychology

87 reviews

This course offers a brief introduction to classic and contemporary social psychology, covering topics such as decision making, persuasion, group behavior, personal attraction, and factors that promote health and well-being.

• Coursera
• 38 hours worth of material, 7 weeks long
• 3rd Apr, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)

• Best of All Time

Digital Media Analytics: Social Media Research Plans

Get to grips with social media analytics and prepare to launch your own social media analytics project.

• FutureLearn
• 6 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 1st Jun, 2020
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Southampton

The Power of Social Media

1 review

Explore the impact of social media on the world and learn how to put it to good use in everyday life.

• FutureLearn
• 2 hours a week, 2 weeks long
• 8th May, 2017
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Social Media in Public Relations

1 review

[IMPORTANT NOTICE] The Social Media in Public Relations course will close for new learner enrollment on Monday, September 3, 2018. Students who have already enrolled will continue to see the course on their Coursera Dashboard as long as they remain enrol…

• Coursera
• 4 weeks long
• 3rd Sep, 2018
• Free Online Course (Audit)

This course will enhance frontline employment service workers’ abilities to use technology and social media to connect with clients and enrich job search services.

• Desire2Learn
• 15 weeks long
• 12th Jan, 2016
• Free Online Course

Social Media Advertising

290 ratings at Coursera

Social media platforms are driven by digital advertising. As a result, social media advertising is affordable and can be purchased at almost any budget. Targeting options in social media advertising are also sophisticated. It is possible to tailor ads ar…

• Coursera
• 11 hours worth of material, 5 weeks long
• 3rd Apr, 2023
• Free Online Course (Audit)