Compromised data : from social media to big data /
There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it le...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York ; London :
Bloomsbury Academic,
2015
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| Summary: | There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between research and the public good, and it fosters new forms of control and surveillance. Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data explores how we perform critical research within a compromised social data framework. The expert, international lineup of contributors explores the limits and challenges of social data research in order to invent and develop new modes of doing public research. At its core, this collection argues that we are witnessing a fundamental reshaping of the social through social data mining |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 284 pages) 1 online resource (x, 286 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 1501306529 1501306537 1501306545 9781501306525 9781501306532 9781501306549 |