Innovations in Digital Research Methods
- Peter Halfpenny - University of Manchester, UK
- Rob Procter - University of Warwick, UK
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 21st 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.
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.
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.
Innovations in Digital Research Methods provides 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.
A highly comprehensive introduction to this newest sphere of research methods. Very helpful.
A highly comprehensive introduction to this newest sphere of research methods. Very helpful.
I am recommending this book for students doing research online as it provides some interesting insights about digital methods. I was however hopeful it would provide more cutting edge approaches such as digital participatory methods. That is why it's not part of the essential reading list
This is a clearly written and very useful text covering the intricacies of digital data collection and the ethical issues.
This is a clearly written and very useful text covering the intricacies of digital data collection and the ethical issues.
An excellent text for exploring digital research methods. It is very useful for both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Informative and a nice read, my students will find this really helpful
