Research Exposed : : How Empirical Social Science Gets Done in the Digital Age / / Eszter Hargittai.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2021
• VerfasserIn: Hargittai, Eszter,
• MitwirkendeR: Correa, Teresa,; Fordyce, Erin,; Freelon, Deen,; Hargittai, Eszter,; Hofer, Matthias,; Humphreys, Lee,; Keller, Tobias R.,; Klawitter, Erin Flynn,; Klinger, Ulrike,; Lane, Jeffrey,; Marler, Will,; Pavez, Isabel,; Redmiles, Elissa M.,; Seo, Hyunjin,; Stern, Michael J.,; Usher, Nikki,; Viox, Melissa Heim,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2020]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

The era of digital communication provides endless opportunities for the collection and analysis of social data in novel ways. It also presents new and unanticipated challenges, as researchers are often inventing elements of their methodologies on the fly or studying a phenomenon or media platform for the first time.Research Exposed offers in-depth, behind-the-scenes accounts of doing empirical social science in this new paradigm. Through firsthand descriptions of innovative research projects, it shares lessons learned from over a dozen scholars’ cutting-edge work. These candid accounts describe what can go wrong when pioneering new genres of research and how such difficulties can be overcome, giving both big-picture reflection and actionable advice. The chapters discuss a variety of methods, ranging from the completely novel to the use of more traditional approaches in the digital context, and cover research questions relevant to a range of disciplines, including sociology, political science, communication, information studies, and anthropology.By focusing attention on the concrete details seldom discussed in final project write-ups or traditional research guides, Research Exposed helps equip junior and senior scholars alike with essential information that is all too often left with no outlet for sharing. It offers important insights into how empirical social science research can be both innovative and rigorous when dealing with the opportunities and challenges presented by digital media.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Introduction -- Chapter One When Social Media Data Disappear -- Chapter Two The Needle in the Haystack: Finding Social Bots on Twitter -- Chapter Three Meeting Youth Where They Are: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Social Media Recruitment for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth -- Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research -- Chapter Five Behind the Red Lights: Methods for Investigating the Digital Security and Privacy Experiences of Sex Workers -- Chapter Six Using Unexpected Data to Study Up: Washington Political Journalism (and the Case of the Missing Press Pass) -- Chapter Seven Social Media and Ethnographic Relationships -- Chapter Eight Ethnographic Research with People Experiencing Homelessness in the Digital Age -- Chapter Nine Going Rural: Personal Notes from a Mixed-Methods Project on Digital Media in Remote Communities -- Chapter Ten Stitching Data: A Multimodal Approach to Learning About Independent Artists’ Social Media Use -- Chapter Eleven A Measurement Burst Study of Media Use and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Logistically Challenging at Best -- Chapter Twelve Community-Based Intervention Research Strategies: Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Populations -- Contributors -- Index