The datafied society: studying culture through data

As machine-readable data comes to play an increasingly important role in everyday life, researchers find themselves with rich resources for studying society. The novel methods and tools needed to work with such data require not only new knowledge and skills, but also a new way of thinking about best...

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Weitere Verfasser: Schäfer, Mirko Tobias 1974- (HerausgeberIn), Van Es, Karin (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press [2017]
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Zusammenfassung:As machine-readable data comes to play an increasingly important role in everyday life, researchers find themselves with rich resources for studying society. The novel methods and tools needed to work with such data require not only new knowledge and skills, but also a new way of thinking about best research practices. This book critically reflects on the role and usefulness of big data, challenging overly optimistic expectations about what such information can reveal, introducing practices and methods for its analysis and visualisation, and raising important political and ethical questions regarding its collection, handling, and presentation
Beschreibung:Erscheint auch als Open Access bei De Gruyter
Beschreibung:267 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten
ISBN:9789462987173
9789462981362
DOI:10.1515/9789048531011