Bibliograph

Digital methods for social science, an interdisciplinary guide to research innovation, edited by Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts, Hayley Watson

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Digital methods for social science, an interdisciplinary guide to research innovation, edited by Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts, Hayley Watson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Digital methods for social science

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

931399711

Responsibility statement

edited by Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts, Hayley Watson

Sub title

an interdisciplinary guide to research innovation

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology : An Introduction / Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts and Hayley Watson. -- Part I. Big Data, Thick Data : Social Media Analysis: 2. Methodological Innovation in Precarious Spaces : The Case of Twitter / Axel Bruns and Jean Burgess -- 3. Have We Even Solved the First 'Big Data Challenge?' Practical Issues Concerning Data Collection and Visual Representation for Social Media Analytics / Phillip Brooker, Julie Barnett, Timothy Cribbin and Sanjay Sharma -- 4. 'I'm Always on Facebook!' : Exploring Facebook as a Mainstream Research Tool and Ethnographic Site / Eve Stirling. -- Part II. Combining and Comparing Methods: 5. Mixing Modes to Widen Research Participation / Jo Hope ; Do We Need Polls? Why Twitter Will Not Replace Opinion Surveys, but Can Complement Them / Javier Sajuria and Jorge Fábrega -- 7. Video Analysis in Digital Literacy Studies : Exploring Innovative Methods / Roberto de Roock, Ibrar Bhatt and Jonathon Adams -- Part III. Developing Innovations in Digital Methods: 8. Prototyping Social Sciences: Emplacing Digital Methods / Adolfo Estalella -- 9. Digital Methods and Perpetual Reinvention? Asynchronous Interviewing and Photo Elicitation / Emma Hutchinson -- 10. Digital Stories and Handmade Skills: Explorations in How Digital Methods Can Be Used to Study Transmissions of Skill / Victoria Tedder. -- Part IV. Digital Research : Challenges and Contentions: 11. What's the Matter with MOOCs? Socio-material Methodologies for Educational Research / Jeremy Knox -- 12. Towards an Innovative Inclusion : Using Digital Methods with Young People / Emma Bond and Stuart Agnew -- 13. Ethics Issues in Digital Methods Research / Claire Hewson -- 14. Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology : Conclusions / Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts and Hayley Watson

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