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    • Presenting the Digital Knowledge Economy Index at the Upcoming Development Studies Association Conference

      6 June 2016

      Author:

      Sanna Ojanpera

      In this year’s Development Studies Association Conference, we will present a paper titled ‘Measuring the Hidden Contours of the Global Knowledge Economy with a Digital Index’. In this paper ...
      Read More Presenting the Digital Knowledge Economy Index at the Upcoming Development Studies Association Conference

    • New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research

      17 May 2016

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      This chapter outlines how one might utilize the massive amounts of web-based, geographically-referenced digital social data for geographical research. Because much of these data are user-generated and produced through ...
      Read More New publication – Using Geotagged Digital Social Data in Geographic Research

    • P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.

      7 March 2016

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      P-values are widely used in the social sciences, especially ‘big data’ studies, to calculate statistical significance. Yet they are widely criticized for being easily hacked, and for not telling us ...
      Read More P-values are widely used in the social sciences, but often misunderstood: and that’s a problem.

    • Facts and figures or prayers and hugs: how people with different health conditions support each other online

      7 March 2016

      Author:

      Ulrike Rauer

      Online support groups are being used increasingly by individuals who suffer from a wide range of medical conditions. OII DPhil Student Ulrike Deetjen‘s recent article with John Powell, Informational and emotional elements in online support ...
      Read More Facts and figures or prayers and hugs: how people with different health conditions support each other online

    • Trace Interview Workshop at #SMSociety15

      27 July 2015

      Author:

      Oxford Internet Institute

      This morning Devin Gaffney and I ran a workshop on trace interviews at the Social Media and Society Conference. Trace interviews involve collecting and visualizing trace data (in this ...
      Read More Trace Interview Workshop at #SMSociety15

    • Free sample chapters available from our new book ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development’

      12 January 2015

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The publisher has kindly allowed us to freely share three chapters of our new book (that I co-wrote with colleagues Dan Hammett and Chasca Twyman): ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development.‘ ...
      Read More Free sample chapters available from our new book ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development’

    • Sample chapters available from new book ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development’

      12 January 2015

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      The publisher has kindly allowed us to freely share three chapters of our new book (that I co-wrote with colleagues Dan Hammett and Chasca Twyman): ‘Research and Fieldwork in ...
      Read More Sample chapters available from new book ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development’

    • New book: Research and Fieldwork in Development

      10 December 2014

      Author:

      Mark Graham

        I’m delighted to announce the release of a new book that I co-wrote with colleagues Dan Hammett and Chasca Twyman: ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development.’ The book draws ...
      Read More New book: Research and Fieldwork in Development

    • New book drawing on fieldwork in Sub-Saharan Africa

      10 December 2014

      Author:

      Mark Graham

      I’m delighted to announce the release of a new book that I co-wrote with colleagues Dan Hammett and Chasca Twyman: ‘Research and Fieldwork in Development.’ The book draws on ...
      Read More New book drawing on fieldwork in Sub-Saharan Africa

    • Confession time: I forgot about email!

      24 July 2014

      Author:

      Oxford Internet Institute

      In my research I am trying to understand the political communication patterns of digitally enabled citizens. I sampled from the #CDNpoli Twitter network but my interest goes beyond Twitter. ...
      Read More Confession time: I forgot about email!

    • How easy is it to research the Chinese web?

      18 February 2014

      Author:

      Han-Teng Liao

      By 2015, the proportion of Chinese language Internet users is expected to exceed the proportion of English language users. But how easy is it for researchers to find or ...
      Read More How easy is it to research the Chinese web?

    • Mapping collective public opinion in the Russian blogosphere

      10 February 2014

      Author:

      Olessia Koltsova

      Blogs are becoming increasingly important for agenda setting and formation of collective public opinion on a wide range of issues — particularly in countries like Russia where the Internet ...
      Read More Mapping collective public opinion in the Russian blogosphere

    • Edit wars! Measuring and mapping society’s most controversial topics

      3 December 2013

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      Wikipedia is more than just an encyclopaedia; it is also a window into convergent and divergent social-spatial priorities, interests and preferences: aka Edit Wars. In his chapter (with Anselm ...
      Read More Edit wars! Measuring and mapping society’s most controversial topics

    • Technology and Fieldwork: Ethnographic quandaries

      2 December 2013

      Author:

      Heather Ford

      John McManus studies Turkish football fans in the diaspora at Oxford University’s Center on Migration, Policy and Society (Compas). Editor’s note: This event report is the final post in the ...
      Read More Technology and Fieldwork: Ethnographic quandaries

    • Christine Hine on virtual ethnography’s E3 Internet

      29 November 2013

      Author:

      Heather Ford

      Christine Hine is an early pioneer of virtual ethnography and has been at the forefront of movements towards redefining ethnography for the digital age. She is currently a Reader ...
      Read More Christine Hine on virtual ethnography’s E3 Internet

    • The physics of social science: using big data for real-time predictive modelling

      21 November 2013

      Author:

      Taha Yasseri

      Use of socially generated “big data” on collective states of minds in human societies has become a new paradigm in the emerging field of computational social science, but bridging ...
      Read More The physics of social science: using big data for real-time predictive modelling

    • Glorious Backfires in Digital Ethnography: Becoming an Urban Explorer

      12 November 2013

      Author:

      Heather Ford

      For four years, Bradley Garrett (@Goblinmerchant) explored abandoned hospitals, railways, tunnels and rooftops as part of his PhD ethnography studying an elite group of urban explorers.  Brad has in ...
      Read More Glorious Backfires in Digital Ethnography: Becoming an Urban Explorer

    • November 2013: Being a student ethnographer

      7 November 2013

      Author:

      Heather Ford

      This month’s theme is about what it means to be a student ethnographer and is edited by Ethnomatters co-founder, Heather Ford (@hfordsa), a current DPhil (PhD) student who believes that ...
      Read More November 2013: Being a student ethnographer

    • Can text mining help handle the data deluge in public policy analysis?

      27 October 2013

      Author:

      Aude Bicquelet

      Governments are lagging behind when it comes to exploiting the advantages of text mining to handle and analyze the large quantities of text that result from large-scale e-consultations. In ...
      Read More Can text mining help handle the data deluge in public policy analysis?

    • Can Twitter provide an early warning function for the next pandemic?

      14 October 2013

      Author:

      Patty Kostkova

      With factors such as air travel act as a catalyst in the spread of new and novel viruses, the need to improve global population monitoring and enhance surveillance of ...
      Read More Can Twitter provide an early warning function for the next pandemic?

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