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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.
List of contents
Introduction, by Eszter Hargittai
1. When Social Media Data Disappear, by Deen Freelon
2. The Needle in the Haystack: Finding Social Bots on Twitter, by Tobias R. Keller and Ulrike Klinger
3. Meeting Youth Where They Are: Challenges and Lessons Learned from Social Media Recruitment for Sexual and Gender Minority Youth, by Erin Fordyce, Michael J. Stern, and Melissa Heim Viox
4. Qualitative Sampling and Internet Research, by Lee Humphreys
5. Behind the Red Lights: Methods for Investigating the Digital Security and Privacy Experiences of Sex Workers, by Elissa M. Redmiles
6. Using Unexpected Data to Study Up: Washington Political Journalism (and the Case of the Missing Press Pass), by Nikki Usher
7. Social Media and Ethnographic Relationships, by Jeffrey Lane
8. Ethnographic Research with People Experiencing Homelessness in the Digital Age, by Will Marler
9. Going Rural: Personal Notes from a Mixed-Methods Project on Digital Media in Remote Communities, by Teresa Correa and Isabel Pavez
10. Stitching Data: A Multimodal Approach to Learning About Independent Artists’ Social Media Use, by Erin Flynn Klawitter
11. A Measurement Burst Study of Media Use and Well-Being Among Older Adults: Logistically Challenging at Best, by Matthias Hofer
12. Community-Based Intervention Research Strategies: Digital Inclusion for Marginalized Populations, by Hyunjin Seo
List of Contributors
Index
About the author
Eszter Hargittai is a professor and holds the 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).
Summary
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.
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A well-written volume that reveals many behind-the-scenes experiences of social scientific researchers in the digital age.
