Missed miracles and mystical connections: Qualitative research, digital social science and big data

Studies in Qualitative Methodology

Volumn 13, Issue , 2014, Pages 181-204

  Smith, Robin James ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Big data; Ideology; Interactionism; Practices; Qualitative methodology

Indexed keywords

EID: 84918568798     PISSN: 10423192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1042-319220140000013011     Document Type: Article

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