Skip to main content

Introduction

  • Chapter
  • First Online:
Ethical Reasoning in Big Data

Part of the book series: Computational Social Sciences ((CSS))

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this chapter

Chapter
USD 29.95
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
eBook
USD 99.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
  • Instant download
  • Own it forever
Softcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info
Hardcover Book
USD 129.99
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Durable hardcover edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
  • Free shipping worldwide - see info

Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout

Purchases are for personal use only

Institutional subscriptions

References

  • Christakis, N. A., & Fowler, J. H. (2009). Connected: the surprising power of our social networks and how they shape our lives. Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company.

    Google Scholar 

  • Harris, D. (2013, May 14). We’re witnessing the rise of the graph in big data. Retrieved November 12, 2015, from https://gigaom.com/2013/05/14/were-witnessing-the-rise-of-the-graph-in-big-data/

  • Macy, M. (2015, May). Big data and the end of science. Keynote presentation presented at the Northwestern Computational Social Science Summit, Evanston, Ill. Retrieved from http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/news-events/conference/csss/2015/agenda.aspx

  • Nissenbaum, H. (2009). Privacy in Context: Technology, Policy and the Integrity of Social Life. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.

    Google Scholar 

  • Steinmann, M., Shuster, J., Collmann, J., Matei, S., Tractenberg, R., FitzGerald, K., et al. (2015). Embedding privacy and ethical values in big data technology. In S.A. Matei, M. Russell, E. Bertino (Eds.), Transparency on social media—tools, methods and algorithms for mediating online interactions. New York: Springer.

    Google Scholar 

  • Wall, M. (2014, March 4). Big Data: Are you ready for blast-off? [News]. Retrieved November 12, 2015, from http://www.bbc.com/news/business-26383058

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

Authors

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Jeff Collmann or Sorin Adam Matei .

Editor information

Editors and Affiliations

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

Copyright information

© 2016 Springer International Publishing Switzerland

About this chapter

Cite this chapter

Collmann, J., Matei, S.A. (2016). Introduction. In: Collmann, J., Matei, S. (eds) Ethical Reasoning in Big Data. Computational Social Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28422-4_1

Download citation

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28422-4_1

  • Published:

  • Publisher Name: Springer, Cham

  • Print ISBN: 978-3-319-28420-0

  • Online ISBN: 978-3-319-28422-4

  • eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)

Publish with us

Policies and ethics