[Air-L] Recommendations for undergraduate reading on "Big Data"

[Tanja Aitamurto]

It is a great book. I highly recommend.
best,
Tanja

Tanja Aitamurto, Ph.D.
Deputy Director
Brown Fellow, postdoctoral
The Brown Institute for Media Innovation <http://brown.stanford.edu/>
School of Engineering
Stanford
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On Sat, Apr 11, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Patrick Meier (iRevolution) <
patrick at irevolution.net> wrote:

> Hi Professor Richter,
>
> My new book "Digital Humanitarians: How Big Data is Changing the Face of
> Humanitarian Response" may be of interest, particularly Chapter 2 on
> definitions, implications, strengths/weaknesses, and ethical issues.
>
> http://www.digital-humanitarians.com
>
> Book has been endorsed by Harvard, MIT, Stanford, Georgetown, Boulder,
> Oxford, etc.
>
> Thank you,
> Patrick
>
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> On Fri, Apr 10, 2015 at 9:48 AM, Christopher J. Richter <
> crichter at hollins.edu> wrote:
>
> > I am looking for a reading or readings on Big Data for my undergraduate
> > Communication Research Methods class. Unfortunately what I have found so
> > far is popularizing, vague, ambiguous, even contradictory. Ideally, the
> > reading(s) should address 1) definitions; 2) implications for social
> > science data gathering; 3) strengths and weaknesses; and 4) ethical
> issues,
> > but I will settle for three or even two out of the four.
> >
> > Any suggestions are appreciated. Replies can be personal or on-list.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris Richter
> > Associate Professor
> > Hollins University
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