Social Data Science Xennials: Between Analogue and Digital Social Research 3030603571, 9783030603571

This book explores the tension between analogue and digital as part of an evolving research programme and focuses on the

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Social Data Science Xennials: Between Analogue and Digital Social Research
 3030603571, 9783030603571

Table of contents :
Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1: Social Data Science Xennials
The Disunity of Social Data Science
A Processual Perspective on Social Data Science
Science Technology Studies and Social Data Science
Phenomenological Sociology, Computer Science and Social Statistics
From Ethnomethodology to Infrastructure Studies and Social Data Science
Substantive Research Interest as Method
The Structure of the Chapters
References
Chapter 2: Phenomenological Extensions
Vagueness
Appresentation
The Formative Effects of Digital Practices on Social Research
References
Chapter 3: The Analogue Mapping
Some Case Studies of Analogue Mapping
Situational Analysis
Linked Ecologies
Comparing Situational and Digital Network Maps
New Methods: Old Theories
References
Chapter 4: Participative Epistemology
A Digital Sociology of Professions
How Ethnography Affected Statistical and Computational Modus Operandi
Participative Epistemology
Para-Ethnography
Computational Methods
Sequence Analysis
Conclusion
References
Chapter 5: Ethnography as Data Science
The Socio-Materiality of Algorithms
Ethnography and Artificial Intelligence
The Modern Prometheus
Seeing Work Where Others See Facts
Accountable AI
Accountability and Explainable AI
How Algorithms Interact
References
References
Index

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