Twitter: A Digital Socioscope (Paperback)

How can Twitter data be used to study individual-level human behavior and social interaction on a global scale? This book introduces readers to the methods, opportunities, and challenges of using Twitter data to analyze phenomena ranging from the number of people infected by the flu, to national elections, to tomorrow's stock prices. Each chapter, written by leading domain experts in clear and accessible language, takes the reader to the forefront of the newly emerging field of computational social science. An introductory chapter on Twitter data analysis provides an overview of key tools and skills, and gives pointers on how to get started, while the case studies demonstrate shortcomings, limitations, and pitfalls of Twitter data as well as its advantages. The book will be an excellent resource for social science students and researchers wanting to explore the use of online data.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2015
Editors:	Yelena Mejova • Ingmar Weber • Michael W. Macy
Dimensions:	230 x 153 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	183
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-50007-5
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Databases > Data mining Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Databases > Web / Internet databases
LSN:	1-107-50007-9
Barcode:	9781107500075

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