Tag Archives: big data

A music timeline (using big data)

Posted on January 20, 2014 by

Flowing data have some information about the use of data to create historical music timelines. The above shows the consumption of music genre over time. Advertisements

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Big Data and Geography

Posted on December 11, 2013 by

The current issue of Dialogues in Human Geography contains a special section on Geography and Big Data. The section follows the usual format for this journal, with a featured article followed by a series of responses. In this case the … Continue reading →

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Nick Couldry on the myths of the digital age (and big data)

Posted on November 27, 2013 by

Nick Couldry’s inaugural lecture ‘A Necessary Disenchantment: Myth, Agency and Injustice in the Digital Age‘ is now available as an audio podcast or as a video. It’s a really far reaching talk on the myths that circulate about developments in … Continue reading →

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Big Data & Society

Posted on November 25, 2013 by

The new open access journal Big Data & Society is getting closer to publication. It’s edited by Evelyn Ruppert. It now has a blog/website which is now live. It contains some further information about the journal, with more to follow … Continue reading →

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The metaphors of big data

Posted on November 6, 2013 by

Deborah Lupton has posted a really insightful analysis of the metaphors associated with big data. Deborah explores the different terms used to describe big data. The piece focuses predominantly on liquid type metaphors, but also includes some discussion of by-product … Continue reading →

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A special issue on ‘Making data – big data and beyond’

Posted on October 11, 2013 by

The literature on ‘big data’ is continuing to grow at a fairly rapid pace. First Monday have just published a special issue on ‘Making data – Big data and beyond‘ edited by Rasmus Helles and Klaus Bruhn Jenson.

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A short reading list on the topic ‘Digital by-product data and the social sciences’

Posted on October 4, 2013 by

Yesterday I posted some description and an outline of my module ‘Digital by-product data and the social sciences‘. Afterwards a couple of people asked if I’d be happy to share the readings, which I certainly am. So I managed to … Continue reading →

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