The New Science Of New Data: A Symposium
Date:
10/09/2012
Organised by:
The Oxford e-Research Centre, Digital Social Research
Presenter:
Prof. Mark Elliot
Centre for Census and Survey Research
School of Social Sciences
University of Manchester
Level:
Intermediate (some prior knowledge)
Contact:
Dr. Megan Meredith-Lobay
megan.meredith-lobay@oerc.ox.ac.uk
Description:
As part of Digital Research 2012, the Digital Social Research programme presents this exciting symposium on the possibilities for research using new data. In this symposium we will be exploring the science of new forms of social data (such as twitter, webmetrics and sensor data). The invited speakers have been chosen because they are at the forefront of using analyzing and researching the new social data and/or a key related area of enquiry will reflect on new data/media giving exemplars of their research power and value as well as some cautionary tales about their pitfalls. The focus here is to consider the short medium and long term implications for new media, new data, new methods for social science. The symposium will conclude with a panel led debate on the topic “A revolution in social data: current hype or future history?”
Confirmed Speakers include: Noshir Contractor, Stefan Staab, Rob Procter, Kieron O’Hara
Preceding the symposium in the first part of the morning will be a workshop on "Crowd Sourcing, Visual Analytics, Digital Social Research and Data Sensing: Developing a Training Agenda" which you are also welcome to attend – please see the conference website for further information (http://digital-research.oerc.ox.ac.uk/)
Registration
If you register for Digital Research 2012 you will automatically be registered for the symposium. However, if you wish to attend just the symposium as a standalone event you may do so at the reistration page show below.
Cost:
Free for the Symposium. Additional costs for workshop dinner and full registration for the Digital Research 2012 Conference
Website and registration:
Region:
South East
Keywords:
Participatory Research, Mixed Methods, Frameworks for Research and Research Designs (other), Online Data Collection , Data Collection (other), Spatial Data Analysis, Data Mining, Social Network Analysis, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
Related publications and presentations:
Participatory Research
Mixed Methods
Frameworks for Research and Research Designs (other)
Online Data Collection
Data Collection (other)
Spatial Data Analysis
Data Mining
Social Network Analysis
Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches