[Air-L] literature on theory and big data in social sciences

sky c skyc at riseup.net
Tue Jun 6 21:27:33 PDT 2017


Perhaps also the book, Compromised Data: from Social Media to Big
Data, http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/compromised-data-9781501306525/
On Fri, 2017-05-26 at 12:06 +0200, Tom van Nuenen wrote:
> Dear researchers of the Internet,
> 
> I'm looking for literature that deals with the relations between
> theory and
> method in the social sciences in an age of big data and the supposed
> 'end
> of theory'. Data is increasingly likely to be a starting point for
> social
> scientists investigating the digital world, but what does this mean
> for
> theory, method and the relations between them?
> 
> Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in
> advance!
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Tom van Nuenen
> Assistant Professor Online Culture
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