The Datafied Society
eBook - PDF

The Datafied Society

Studying Culture through Data

  1. 267 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Datafied Society

Studying Culture through Data

About this book

This book critically reflects on the role and usefulness of big data, challenging overly optimistic expectations about what such information can reveal.

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Yes, you can access The Datafied Society by Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Karin Es, Mirko Tobias Schäfer,Karin Es,Karin van Es, Mirko Tobias Schäfer, Karin van Es in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Media & Performing Arts & Film & Video. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9789048531011
Edition
1
Topic
Media & Performing Arts
Subtopic
Film & Video

Table of contents

  1. Table of Contents
  2. Acknowledgements
  3. Foreword
  4. Introduction
  5. Section 1. Studying Culture through Data
  6. 1. Humanistic Data Research
  7. 2. Towards a ‘Humanistic Cinemetrics’?
  8. 3. Cultural Analytics, Social Computing and Digital Humanities
  9. 4. Case Study
  10. 5. Foundations of Digital Methods
  11. 6. Case Study
  12. Section 2. Data Practices in Digital Data Analysis
  13. 7. Digital Methods
  14. 8. Data, Culture and the Ambivalence of Algorithms
  15. 9. Unknowing Algorithms
  16. 10. Social Data APIs
  17. 11. How to Tell Stories with Networks
  18. 12. Towards a Reflexive Digital Data Analysis
  19. Section 3. Research Ethics
  20. 13. Get Your Hands Dirty
  21. 14. Research Ethics in Context
  22. 15. Datafication & Discrimination
  23. Section 4. Key Ideas in Big Data Research
  24. 16. The Myth of Big Data
  25. 17. Data Point Critique
  26. 18. Opposing the Exceptionalism of the Algorithm
  27. 19. The Need for a Dialogue with Technology
  28. Tools
  29. Notes on Contributors
  30. Index