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Zusatztext [CC] The digital age provides society with many advantages in the areas of communication and information on a personal, social, or political level. Here, more then ten international scholars who have examined the importance and complexity of social data and big data issues address the dangers that may occur in surveillance of online sites, including how and by whom this social data may be transformed and eventually controlled. Under the best scenario, data collection and analysis help society further the common good. However, the results of social data analysis can often be compromised. Avenues such as Facebook and Twitter allow users to share personal information, but often these sites are compromised by marketers who may use this information for profit. Clicking on a link frequently gives researchers worthwhile information, but even an innocuous click can be problematic. In addition, privacy is a major issue. Individuals innocently list information about their age, where they work and live, what their interests and concerns are, where they travel, etc., not realizing the potential adverse effects of their actions. Selected information from data collected online can lead to issues related to social profiling and guilt or innocence, as well as flag persons of interest. Overall, a thought-provoking book for all online users. Summing Up: Recommended. All readership levels. Informationen zum Autor Greg Elmer is Bell Globemedia Research Chair and Director of the Infoscape Centre for the Study of Social Media at Ryerson University, Canada. His research and teaching focus on new media and politics, theories and methods in social media studies, surveillance theory, and media globalization. Ganaele Langlois is Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies at York University, Canada. Joanna Redden is an Assistant Professor of Critical Media Studies at the University of Calgary. Her work investigates how digital technologies influence political, media, and protest practices specifically as related to poverty, inequality, and governance. Vorwort Explores the ethical and political issues surrounding big data, specifically obtained from social media. Zusammenfassung There has been a data rush in the past decade brought about by online communication and, in particular, social media (Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, among others), which promises a new age of digital enlightenment. But social data is compromised: it is being seized by specific economic interests, it leads to a fundamental shift in the relationship between research and the public good, and it fosters new forms of control and surveillance. Compromised Data: From Social Media to Big Data explores how we perform critical research within a compromised social data framework. The expert, international lineup of contributors explores the limits and challenges of social data research in order to invent and develop new modes of doing public research. At its core, this collection argues that we are witnessing a fundamental reshaping of the social through social data mining. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on ContributorsIntroduction Ganaele Langlois, York University; Joanna Redden, University of Calgary and Greg Elmer, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada Part 1: Data, Power and Politics Big Data as System of Knowledge: Investigating Canadian Governance Joanna Redden, University of Calgary, Canada Data Mining Research and the Disintegration of Society: the “Project X” Haren Riots Ingrid M. Hoofd, National University of Singapore, Singapore Look at the Man Behind the Curtain: Computational Management in “Spontaneous” Citizen Political Campaigning David Karpf, George Washington University, USA Part 2: Data Limit(ed) Easy Data, Hard Data: The politics and pragmatics of Twitter research after th...
