ISBN:
9781137453662
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (XVIII, 234 Seiten)
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Diagramme
Edition:
First published
Edition:
Springer eBook Collection. Social Sciences
Series Statement:
Ebrary online
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Digital methods for social science
DDC:
300.285
Keywords:
Political science
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Science
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Data structures (Computer science)
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Database management
;
Statistics
;
Social sciences
;
Aufsatzsammlung
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Soziologie
;
Methode
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Datenverarbeitung
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Internet
Abstract:
"Contents" -- "List of Figures and Tables" -- "Foreword by Noortje Marres" -- "Acknowledgements" -- "Notes on Contributors" -- "1 Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: An Introduction" -- "Part I: Big Data, Thick Data: Social Media Analysis" -- "Introduction to Part I" -- "2 Methodological Innovation in Precarious Spaces: The Case of Twitter" -- "3 Have We Even Solved the First âBig Data Challenge?â Practical Issues Concerning Data Collection and Visual Representation for Social Media Analytics" -- "4 âIâm Always on Facebook!â: Exploring Facebook as a Mainstream Research Tool and Ethnographic Site" -- "Part II: Combining and Comparing Methods" -- "Introduction to Part II" -- "5 Mixing Modes to Widen Research Participation" -- "6 Do We Need Polls? Why Twitter Will Not Replace Opinion Surveys, but Can Complement Them" -- "7 Video Analysis in Digital Literacy Studies: Exploring Innovative Methods" -- "Part III: Developing Innovations in Digital Methods" -- "Introduction to Part III" -- "8 Prototyping Social Sciences: Emplacing Digital Methods" -- "9 Digital Methods and Perpetual Reinvention? Asynchronous Interviewing and Photo Elicitation" -- "10 Digital Stories and Handmade Skills: Explorations in How Digital Methods Can Be Used to Study Transmissions of Skill" -- "Part IV: Digital Research: Challengesand Contentions" -- "Introduction to Part IV" -- "11 Whatâs the Matter with MOOCs? Socio-material Methodologies for Educational Research" -- "12 Towards an Innovative Inclusion: Using Digital Methods with Young People" -- "13 Ethics Issues in Digital Methods Research" -- "14 Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: Conclusions".
Abstract:
This timely book inspires researchers to deploy relevant, effective, innovative digital methods. It explores the relationship of such methods to 'mainstream' social science; interdisciplinarity; innovations in digital research tools; the opportunities (and challenges) of digital methods in researching social life; and digital research ethics.
Description / Table of Contents:
Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.1057/9781137453662
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