Methodological innovation in precarious spaces: The case of Twitter
Contribuinte(s) |
Snee, Helene Hine, Christine Morey, Yvette Roberts, Steven Watson, Hayley |
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2015
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Resumo |
Social media analytics is a rapidly developing field of research at present: new, powerful ‘big data’ research methods draw on the Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) of social media platforms. Twitter has proven to be a particularly productive space for such methods development, initially due to the explicit support and encouragement of Twitter, Inc. However, because of the growing commercialisation of Twitter data, and the increasing API restrictions imposed by Twitter, Inc., researchers are now facing a considerably less welcoming environment, and are forced to find additional funding for paid data access, or to bend or break the rules of the Twitter API. This article considers the increasingly precarious nature of ‘big data’ Twitter research, and flags the potential consequences of this shift for academic scholarship. |
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Palgrave Macmillan |
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http://eprints.qut.edu.au/90465/1/Methodological%20Innovation%20in%20Precarious%20Spaces.pdf http://www.palgrave.com/page/detail/digital-methods-for-social-science-helene-snee/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137453662 Bruns, Axel & Burgess, Jean (2015) Methodological innovation in precarious spaces: The case of Twitter. In Snee, Helene, Hine, Christine, Morey, Yvette, Roberts, Steven, & Watson, Hayley (Eds.) Digital Methods for Social Science: An Interdisciplinary Guide to Research Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, Houndmills, Basingstoke, pp. 17-33. http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/FT130100703 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/ARC/LE140100148 |
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Copyright 2016 Authors Individual chapters copyright respective authors 2016 |
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Digital Media Research Centre; Creative Industries Faculty; School of Media, Entertainment & Creative Arts |
Palavras-Chave | #200101 Communication Studies #200102 Communication Technology and Digital Media Studies #200104 Media Studies #Twitter #social media #research methods #innovation #platforms |
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Book Chapter |