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Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: An Introduction

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Digital Methods for Social Science

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This book explores exciting innovations in the field of digital social research. The growing significance of ‘the digital’ for contemporary social life is undeniable; nevertheless digital methods have yet to be fully accepted into mainstream social science. By presenting a range of work by social scientists from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, it is our aim to highlight digital methods as a valuable and increasingly integral part of the social research toolkit. They offer the chance to access, generate and analyse new kinds of data on the social world in novel ways and address new research questions, as well as providing different approaches to long-standing questions. In this collection, we define digital methods as the use of online and digital technologies to collect and analyse research data. Our concern is not only with research that explores online phenomena, but also with a broader interest in utilizing digital methods to engage with all aspects of contemporary social life.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Manchester Metropolitan University, UK

    Helene Snee (Lecturer in Sociology) (Lecturer in Sociology)

  2. University of Surrey, UK

    Christine Hine (Reader in Sociology) (Reader in Sociology)

  3. Centre for the Study of Behaviour Change and Influence, University of the West of England, UK

    Yvette Morey (Research Fellow) (Research Fellow)

  4. Monash University, Australia

    Steven Roberts (Senior Lecturer in Sociology) (Senior Lecturer in Sociology)

  5. Trilateral Research and Consulting, UK

    Hayley Watson (Senior Research Analyst) (Senior Research Analyst)

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Snee, H., Hine, C., Morey, Y., Roberts, S., Watson, H. (2016). Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: An Introduction. In: Snee, H., Hine, C., Morey, Y., Roberts, S., Watson, H. (eds) Digital Methods for Social Science. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137453662_1

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