Thinking big data in geography : new regimes, new research / edited and with an introduction by Jim Thatcher, Joe Eckert, and Andrew Shears.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Thatcher, Jim, 1980- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Geography > Data processing.
Big data.
Geospatial data.
Physical Description:xxv, 296 pages : illustrations, maps
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Toward critical data studies : charting and unpacking data assemblages and their work / Rob Kitchin and Tracey P. Lauriault
  • Big data : why (oh why?) this computational social science? / David O'Sullivan
  • Smaller and slower data in an era of big data / Renee Sieber and Matthew Tenney
  • Reflexivity, positionality, and rigor in the context of big data research / Britta Ricker
  • A hybrid approach to geotweets : reading and mapping tweet contexts on marijuana legalization and same-sex marriage in Seattle, Washington / Jin-Kyu Jung and Jungyeop Shin
  • Geosocial footprints and geoprivacy concerns / Christopher D. Weidemann, Jennifer N. Swift, and Karen K. Kemp
  • Foursquare in the City of Fountains : using Kansas City as a case study for combining demographic and social media data / Emily Fekete
  • Big city, big data : four vignettes / Jessa Lingel
  • Framing digital exclusion in technologically mediated urban spaces / Matthew Kelley
  • Bringing the big data of climate change down to human scale : citizen sensors and personalized visualizations in climate communication / David Retchless
  • Synergizing Geoweb and digital humanitarian research / Ryan Burns
  • Rethinking the Geoweb and big data : future research directions/ Mark Graham.