The new sample data on which the researchers are working now includes digital comments: tweets, posts, comments on Facebook, reviews on commercial and non-commercial websites, opinions on news sites, etc.
 

Whatever form they may take (visual, audio or textual), these footprints are subject to analysis in various disciplines. Furthermore, bearing in mind that this data relates to a visible minority, what should we make of its use in a scientific context or even as part of a more instrumental strategy where it becomes a way to measure the ‘social audience’ of various organisations?
 

Beyond these critical observations is the issue of its analysis and use for scientific purposes. What about the ethics of the researcher when using these footprints left by internet users? What about the capture and analysis of this data and the training of researchers in the various computer tools that now govern its use?
 

The COMUИ (digital comments and organisations) seminar, organised by members of IDETCOM (Toulouse 1 Capitole University), aims to explore these issues by bringing together researchers specialising in the analysis of digital comments, drawn from the humanities, social sciences and law, including students (Master’s and doctoral), professionals wishing to provide their expertise on this topic and anyone interested in digital issues.

•  Special edition Friday 15 November 2019 (2-4pm): ‘The ARPP and influence marketing’. Mohamed Mansouri, Managing Director of the Professional Advertising Regulatory Authority; and Laurence Calandri, Associate Professor of Public Law with accreditation to supervise research, IDETCOM, Toulouse 1 Capitole University.
• Friday 14 February 2020 (2-4pm): ‘Semio-pragmatic approach to online comments - the example of participatory communities’. Julien Péquignot, Associate Professor of Information and Communication Sciences with accreditation to supervise research, Franche-Comté University, and research fellow, laboratoire CIMEOS.
  
• Friday 6 March 2020 (2-4pm): ‘Introduction of a legal deposit system for the internet at the National Audiovisual Institute’. Jérôme Thièvre, Head of Research and Development, National Audiovisual Institute.
• Friday 3 April 2020 (2-4pm): ‘Online discussion on organised breast cancer screening: from the rhetoric of prevention to experiential knowledge’. Pierre Mignot and Dorsaf Omrane, Associate Professors of Information and Communication Sciences, Paul Sabatier Toulouse 3 University, IUT A, LERASS. 
• Friday 15 May 2020 (2-4pm): ‘Chatbots between 2016 and 2019: overview of a changing market’. Charlotte Esteban, PhD student in sociology at the Lisst-CERS and Orange Labs SENSE laboratories.