{"product_id":"innovations-in-digital-research-methods-9781446203088","title":"Innovations in Digital Research Methods","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eVast 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\u003csup\u003est\u003c\/sup\u003ecentury are growing ever more complex, and demands research that is bigger in scale, more collaborative and multi-disciplinary than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003eThis 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:\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cul\u003e      \u003cli\u003eQualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eData management\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eSocial media and social network analysis\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eModeling and simulation\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eSurvey methods\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eVisualizing social data\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eEthics and e-research\u003c\/li\u003e      \u003cli\u003eThe future of social research in \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom 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\u003cbr\u003eThis 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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eInnovations in Digital Research Methods \u003c\/em\u003eprovides a??? timely, insightful survey of eResearch methods. It is an essential title that joins a select few in representing and substantiating digital methods knowledge in our field at this time. -- Sarah Lewthwaite\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Introduction and Overview - Peter Halfpenny and Rob Proctor Chapter 2: The Changing Social Data Landscape - Kingsley Purdam and Mark Elliot Chapter 3: Exploiting New Sources of Data - Kingsley Purdam and Mark Elliot Chapter 4: Survey Methods: Challenges and Opportunities - Joe Murphy Chapter 5: Advances in Data Management for Social Survey - Paul S. Lambert Chapter 6: Modelling and Simulation - Mark Birkin and Nick Malleson Chapter 7: Contemporary developments in statistical software for social scientists - Paul S. Lambert, William J. Browne and Danius T. Michaelides Chapter 8: Text Mining and Social Media: When Quantitative Meets Qualitative, and Software Meets People - Lawrence Ampofo, Simon Collister, Ben O’Loughlin and Andrew Chadwick Chapter 9: Digital Records and the Digital Replay System - Andy Crabtree, Paul Tennent, Pat Brundell and Dawn Knight Chapter 10: Social Network Analysis - Robert Ackland and Jonathan Zhu Chapter 11: Visualising Spatial Data and Social Media - Michael Batty, Steven Gray, Andrew Hudson-Smith, Richard Milton, Oliver O’Brien and Flora Roumpani Chapter 12: Ethical Praxis in e-Research - R.J. Anderson and Marina Jirotka Chapter 13: Sociology and the Digital Challenge - Mike Savage\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Sage Publications Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019855069527,"sku":"9781446203088","price":999.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781446203088.jpg?v=1750781486","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/innovations-in-digital-research-methods-9781446203088","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}