Description
How do you use social media platforms, search engines, and other forms of digital media to explore the key issues of our time? With this second edition, learn how to use the latest advancements in digital methods to answer your pressing research questions.
The new edition includes:
About the Author
Richard Rogers is Professor of New Media & Digital Culture, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. He is Director of the Digital Methods Initiative, Amsterdam, known for the development of software tools for the study of online data. He is author of Information Politics on the Web and Digital Methods (both MIT Press) and editor of The Politics of Social Media Manipulation (with Sabine Niederer) and The Propagation of Misinformation in Social Media: A Cross-platform Analysis (both Amsterdam University Press).
Reviews
Doing Digital Methods is a comprehensive guide to the practical techniques of digital methods with an emphasis on the critical evaluation of the growing use of online social data for research. Updated with chapters on Instagram and TikTok, Rogers provides an essential book for those seeking to navigate the intricacies of digital research methods. -- Michael Zimmer
How does one study rather than chase after a medium that is constantly evolving? Doing Digital Methods is a must read, indispensable, and invaluable guide for those researching the socio-cultural internet. Inspired and forward thinking. -- Zizi Papacharissi
Doing Digital Methods is a foundational guide for understanding how the digital has become a pivotal landscape for empirical exploration. From Google Search results to videos on TikTok's For You Page, Rogers develops the reader's ability to recognize digital artifacts and data as meaningful outputs for humanities and social science research. -- Stefanie Duguay
This is an excellent and long overdue book on current research practice involving digital media. The new chapter on 'preparing for critical social research' is a brilliant addition to further refine researcher expertise. -- Atuyla Saxena
Book Information
ISBN 9781529764338
Author Richard Rogers
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 840g
The new edition includes:
- A new chapter on critical social media research,
- Tips for analysing content on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter and more,
- Exploration of Google critique and algorithmic auditing,
- Examination of YouTube's content removal politics and Facebook's 'fake news' problem.
About the Author
Richard Rogers is Professor of New Media & Digital Culture, Media Studies, University of Amsterdam. He is Director of the Digital Methods Initiative, Amsterdam, known for the development of software tools for the study of online data. He is author of Information Politics on the Web and Digital Methods (both MIT Press) and editor of The Politics of Social Media Manipulation (with Sabine Niederer) and The Propagation of Misinformation in Social Media: A Cross-platform Analysis (both Amsterdam University Press).
Reviews
Digital Methods enabled a wave of research in the cultural dynamics of contemporary network society. With this new edition, Richard Rogers brings Digital Methods to the new emerging platforms that are reshaping our digital lives. With multiple platform-specific cases and examples, 'Doing Digital Methods' remains a fundamental resource for both practitioners and students.
-- Luca RossiDoing Digital Methods is a comprehensive guide to the practical techniques of digital methods with an emphasis on the critical evaluation of the growing use of online social data for research. Updated with chapters on Instagram and TikTok, Rogers provides an essential book for those seeking to navigate the intricacies of digital research methods. -- Michael Zimmer
How does one study rather than chase after a medium that is constantly evolving? Doing Digital Methods is a must read, indispensable, and invaluable guide for those researching the socio-cultural internet. Inspired and forward thinking. -- Zizi Papacharissi
Doing Digital Methods is a foundational guide for understanding how the digital has become a pivotal landscape for empirical exploration. From Google Search results to videos on TikTok's For You Page, Rogers develops the reader's ability to recognize digital artifacts and data as meaningful outputs for humanities and social science research. -- Stefanie Duguay
This is an excellent and long overdue book on current research practice involving digital media. The new chapter on 'preparing for critical social research' is a brilliant addition to further refine researcher expertise. -- Atuyla Saxena
Book Information
ISBN 9781529764338
Author Richard Rogers
Format Hardback
Page Count 344
Imprint Sage Publications Ltd
Publisher Sage Publications Ltd
Weight(grams) 840g
