The Datafied Society: Studying Culture Through Data

ISBN: 9789462981362 出版年：2017 页码：269 Mirko Tobias Schafer And Karin Van Es Amsterdam University Press

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 visualization; and raising important political and ethical questions regarding its collection, handling, and presentation.