Sociological engagements with computing: The advent of e-science and some implications for the qualitative research community

Sociological Research Online

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Hodgson, Susan M ^a   Clark, Tom ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

E social science; Grid technology; Humanities computing; Secondary analysis; Visual sociology

Indexed keywords

EID: 36649020513     PISSN: None     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1551     Document Type: Article

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