Research Exposed: How Empirical Social Science Gets Done in the Digital Age

Eszter Hargittai

Published by Columbia University Press 2021

Research Exposed

How Empirical Social Science Gets Done in the Digital Age

Eszter Hargittai

https://doi.org/10.7312/harg18876

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About this book

Research Exposed offers in-depth, behind-the-scenes accounts of doing empirical social science in the era of digital communication. Through firsthand descriptions of innovative research projects, it shares lessons learned from over a dozen scholars’ cutting-edge work.

Author / Editor information

Eszter Hargittai is professor and chair of internet use and society at the Institute of Communication and Media Research at the University of Zurich. She is the editor of Research Confidential: Solutions to Problems Most Social Scientists Pretend They Never Have (2009) and coeditor of Digital Research Confidential: The Secrets of Studying Behavior Online (2015).

Reviews

Kirsten Foot, coeditor of Media Technologies: Essays on Communication, Media, and Society:
Research Exposed contributes significantly to extant literature, demystifying aspects of social scientific research methods that involve digital technologies.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
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Introduction Eszter Hargittai Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Chapter One When Social Media Data Disappear Deen Freelon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	6
Chapter Two The Needle in the Haystack: Finding Social Bots on Twitter Tobias R. Keller and Ulrike Klinger Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	30
Chapter Three Meeting Youth Where They Are: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Social Media Recruitment for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth Erin Fordyce, Michael J. Stern and Melissa Heim Viox Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
Chapter Four Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research Lee Humphreys Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	78
Chapter Five Behind the Red Lights: Methods for Investigating the Digital Security and Privacy Experiences of Sex Workers Elissa M. Redmiles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Chapter Six Using Unexpected Data to Study Up: Washington Political Journalism (and the Case of the Missing Press Pass) Nikki Usher Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
Chapter Seven Social Media and Ethnographic Relationships Jeffrey Lane Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
Chapter Eight Ethnographic Research with People Experiencing Homelessness in the Digital Age Will Marler Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	160
Chapter Nine Going Rural: Personal Notes from a Mixed-Methods Project on Digital Media in Remote Communities Teresa Correa and Isabel Pavez Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	184
Chapter Ten Stitching Data: A Multimodal Approach to Learning About Independent Artists’ Social Media Use Erin Flynn Klawitter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Chapter Eleven A Measurement Burst Study of Media Use and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Logistically Challenging at Best Matthias Hofer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Chapter Twelve Community-Based Intervention Research Strategies: Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Populations Hyunjin Seo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	265
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271

Language: English
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Keywords: social science methodology; research methods; empirical social science; social media research

eBook

Published: December 10, 2020
ISBN: 9780231548007