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The datafied society :studying culture through data

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As more and more aspects of everyday life are turned into machine-readable data, researchers are provided with rich resources for researching society. The novel methods and innovative tools to work with this data not only require new knowledge and skills, but also raise issues concerning the practices of investigation and publication. This book critically reflects on the role of data in academia and society and challenges overly optimistic expectations considering data practices as means for understanding social reality. It introduces its readers to the practices and methods for data analysis and visualization and raises questions not only about the politics of data tools, but also about the ethics in collecting, sifting through data, and presenting data research. AUP S17 Catalogue text 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.

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Judul Seri

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No. Panggil

302.2 DAT d

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Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press., 2017

Deskripsi Fisik

267p. : ill.

Bahasa

English

ISBN/ISSN

9789048531011

Klasifikasi

302.2

Tipe Isi

text

Tipe Media

computer

Tipe Pembawa

online resource

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Subjek

United States
Humans

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