Urban Social Listening: Potential and Pitfalls for Using Microblogging Data in Studying Cities.
2016
HM1206-1211GF1-900
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Title
Urban Social Listening: Potential and Pitfalls for Using Microblogging Data in Studying Cities.
Author
Hollander, Justin B. Author.
ISBN
9781137594907
113759490X
9781137594914
1137594918
113759490X
9781137594914
1137594918
Publication Details
New York : Palgrave Macmillan Aug. 2016.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource.
Item Number
9781137594907
Call Number
HM1206-1211GF1-900
Dewey Decimal Classification
307.760721
Summary
This book analyses new software tools and social media data that can be used to explore the attitudes of people in urban places. It reports on the findings of several research projects that have have experimented with using microblogging data in conjunction with diverse quantitative and qualitative methods, including content analysis and advanced multivariate statistics.Applied researchers, planners and policy makers have only recently begun to explore the potential of Big Data to help understand social attitudes and to potentially inform local policy and development decisions. This book provides an original analysis into how Twitter can be used to describe the urban experience and people's perception of place, as well as offering significant implications for public policy. It will be of great interest to researchers in human geography, social media, cultural studies and public policy.
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This book analyses new software tools and social media data that can be used to explore the attitudes of people in urban places. It reports on the findings of several research projects that have have experimented with using microblogging data in conjunction with diverse quantitative and qualitative methods, including content analysis and advanced multivariate statistics.Applied researchers, planners and policy makers have only recently begun to explore the potential of Big Data to help understand social attitudes and to potentially inform local policy and development decisions. This book provides an original analysis into how Twitter can be used to describe the urban experience and people's perception of place, as well as offering significant implications for public policy. It will be of great interest to researchers in human geography, social media, cultural studies and public policy.
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Added Author
Graves, Erin Author.
Renkski, Henry Author.
Foster-Karim, Cara Author.
Wiley, Andrew Author.
Das, Dibyendu Author.
Renkski, Henry Author.
Foster-Karim, Cara Author.
Wiley, Andrew Author.
Das, Dibyendu Author.
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Palgrave pivot.
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