Innovations in Digital Research Methods

By: Peter Halfpenny (Editor), Rob Procter (Editor)

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Paperback | 18 May 2015

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Vast amounts of digital data are now generated daily by people as they go about their lives, yet social researchers are struggling to exploit it. At the same time, the challenges faced by society in the 21^st century are growing ever more complex, and demands research that is bigger in scale, more collaborative and multi-disciplinary than ever before.

This cutting-edge volume provides an accessible introduction to innovative digital social research tools and methods that harness this 'data deluge' and successfully tackle key research challenges. Contributions from leading international researchers cover topics such as:

Qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research
Data management
Social media and social network analysis
Modeling and simulation
Survey methods
Visualizing social data
Ethics and e-research
The future of social research in the digital age

This vibrant introduction to innovative digital research methods is essential reading for anyone conducting social research today.

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From machine learning tweets to ethical considerations of Big Data, this timely book provides a highly interdisciplinary survey of innovative digital research methods. The book uniquely blurs qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide refreshingly forward-looking insights for those new to digital research, but also for those more experienced in the field. -- Dhiraj Murthy This very-up-to-date volume provides an accessible introduction to innovative digital social research tools and methods that harness this "data deluge" and successfully tackle key research challenges. It provides a highly interdisciplinary survey of innovative digital research methods and uniquely blurs qualitative and quantitative approaches to provide insights for those new to digital research, but also for those more experienced in the field. Contributions from leading international researchers cover topics such as qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research, and data management. -- Karl M van Meter

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