Digital social research, social media and the sociological imagination: Surrogacy, augmentation and re-orientation

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-260

  Edwards, Adam ^a   Housley, William ^a   Williams, Matthew ^a   Sloan, Luke ^a   Williams, Malcolm ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

augmentation; empirical crisis; re orientation; social media data; surrogacy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876042293     PISSN: 13645579     EISSN: 14645300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13645579.2013.774185     Document Type: Article

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