The data revolution [electronic resource] : big data, open data, data infrastructures & their consequences / Rob Kitchin.

"Traditionally, data has been a scarce commodity which, given its value, has been either jealously guarded or expensively traded. In recent years, technological developments and political lobbying have turned this position on its head. Data now flow as a deep and wide torrent, are low in cost and su...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Kitchin, Rob (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Los Angeles, California : SAGE Publications, 2014.
Subjects:	Big data. Data structures (Computer science) Database industry. Computer science > Moral and ethical aspects.
Online Access:	SAGE Research Methods Core: 2014 (SAGE Research Methods)
Variant Title:	The Data Revolution: Big Data, Open Data, Data Infrastructures and Their Consequences
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

Conceptualising data
Small data, data infrastructures and data brokers
Open and linked data
Big data
Enablers and sources of big data
Data analytics
The governmental and business rationale for big data
The reframing of science, social science and humanities research
Technical and organisational issues
Ethical, political, social and legal concerns
Making sense of the data revolution.