Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research

This paper proposes a critical reflection on the epistemological, methodological and theoretical implications of the researches based on Big Data – especially on social media data – for the scientific field of communication. From an epistemological point of view, it reveals the unsustainability of a...

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Main Author: Ana Thereza Nogueira Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centro de Estudos de Comunicação e Sociedade (CECS) 2018-06-01
Series:Comunicação e Sociedade
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Online Access:https://revistacomsoc.pt/article/view/1060