DMT5: Transformative interactions: web effects on social dynamics // 17.04.14 @ ENSCI
[img: David Chavalarias, Attention streams in the blogosphere, 2010] This seminar will address a critical question in the application of digital methods for social science research. The web is not merely a new resource that, through the treatment of large collections of data, lets us falsify or verify long- held assumptions about the relationships between institutional culture, individual behavior and other key concepts in the social sciences. The web itself is changing the way institutions function (such as how news is produced [Bozkowski, 2009] or science gets published [Evans, 2008]), as well as how individuals interact (social networking sites offer […]