Social media has put mass communication in the hands of normal people on an unprecedented scale, and has also given social scientists the tools necessary to listen to the voices of everyday people around the world. This book gives social scientists the skills necessary to leverage that opportunity, and transform social media's vast stream of information into social science data. The book combines the big data techniques of computer science with social science methodology. Intended as a text for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the social sciences, this book provides a methodological pathway for scholars who want to make use of this new and evolving source of data. It provides a framework for building one's own data collection and analysis infrastructure, a toolkit of content analysis, geographic analysis, and network analysis, and meditations on the ethical implications of social media data.

Social media has put mass communication in the hands of normal people on an unprecedented scale, and has also given social scientists the tools necessary to listen to the voices of everyday people around the world. This book gives social scientists the skills necessary to leverage that opportunity, and transform social media's vast stream of information into social science data. The book combines the big data techniques of computer science with social science methodology. Intended as a text for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers in the social sciences, this book provides a methodological pathway for scholars who want to make use of this new and evolving source of data. It provides a framework for building one's own data collection and analysis infrastructure, a toolkit of content analysis, geographic analysis, and network analysis, and meditations on the ethical implications of social media data.

A trio of time-travelers land in Philadelphia's brutal totalitarian state of 2118. This 1919 classic was the first alternate-world fantasy, and H. P. Lovecraft hailed its author as among "the top grade of writers." Loaded with action and humor, the novel anticipates the work of Philip K. Dick. "A much-sought rarity." -- "Analog."

This is an autobiographical account of my spiritual and truth seeking journey and how I became a 'Targeted Individual', involving no fewer than three abduction attempts and recurrent gang-stalking by the British Security Services. My story describes events mostly within the last four years, during which time I became involved with the online New Age and Truth communities; but I do also touch on some important aspects of earlier times in my life. Despite experiencing some 'difficulties' from time to time, I have also managed to achieve states of amazing grace and spiritual exaltation, and as I approach my fifties, I do so with continued and increasing confidence, excitement and positivity towards the sublime miracle of existence.

This is the second volume of this popular series, sharing writing from August, September and October 2015. Both Volume One and Two are for every soul that has loved, for every lover who has experienced heartbreak to have that finally replaced with an amazing captivating soul mate connection.

A collection of poetry about life, love, sex, death, and the demise of the American dream.

A dark and often hilarious science fiction novel drawn from a vein adjacent to Heinlein and Vonnegut, Katorga harshly reflects a reality reminiscent of Cormac McCarthy's best fiction. Doug Bradley is an entirely average veterinarian hanging his shingle in the suburbs of the near future when he and thousands of other innocents are torn from their homes, branded as terrorists, and thrown through a doorway onto a barren and frozen world called Ceti Prime. The Warden of the colony issues simple orders to the prisoners at gunpoint: find a way to survive, or don't. Brimming with the maniacal humor of the hopelessly damned, Katorga sees Doug and his quite mad friends face the perils of an alien wasteland, the dangers of bored and sociopathic guards and the delicacies of purple cactus. Along the way, secrets of this new world lead Doug to the chance for both freedom and redemption.

This story speaks not only to breast cancer survivors but also to all women when facing challenge and adversity. It began as a diary of diagnosis and treatment, but evolved into a discovery of self. It is not a story of tremendous courage against extraordinary odds, or of miraculous cures. It is simply one ordinary woman's fight against this insidious disease. Learning about and using the mind-body-spirit connection, and inviting family and friends to embark on this journey with her, made the author's illness and recovery so much easier to bear. Join her in this roller coaster ride of despair, hopes, fears, friendship, love, tears and laughter, and perhaps collect a little inspiration and joy along the way.