Speculative method and Twitter: Bots, energy and three conceptual characters

Sociological Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-101

  Wilkie, Alex ^a   Michael, Mike ^b   Plummer Fernandez, Matthew ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bots; Digital methods; Diplomat; Energy demand reduction; Idiot; Parasite; Performativity; Science and technology studies; Software roBots; Speculative methods; Twitter

Indexed keywords

EID: 84923421547     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-954X.12168     Document Type: Article

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