00000cam a22000003i 4500 UP-1685594773862075462 Buklod 20250618165504.0 g||| | || || ta 250618s2013 xx a ra |001 0|eng d 9781849204828 (pbk.) (iLib)UPBAG-00023564293 BC-67949 Golden Books Php3,235.50 olc BAG rda eng H 62 A235 2013 Ackland, Robert author. Web social science concepts, data and tools for social scientists in the digital age Robert Ackland. Los Angeles Sage 2013. xix, 202 pages illustrations 24 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-190) and index. Part 1: Web social science methods. Online Research Methods ; Social Media Networks ; Hyperlink Networks. -- Part 2: Web social science examples. Friendship Formation and Social Influence ; Organisational Collective Behaviour; Politics and Participation ; Government and Public Policy ; Production and Collaboration ; Commerce and Marketing. This book provides readers with a comprehensive guide to the theory and practice of Web Social Science. It demonstrates how the Web is being used to collect social research data, such as online surveys and interviews, as well as digital trace data from social media environments,such as Facebook and Twitter. It also illuminates how the advent of the Web has led to traditional social science concepts and approaches being combined with those from other scientific disciplines, leading to new insights into social, political and economic behavior. Social sciences Research Computer network resources. World Wide Web Social aspects Research. Internet Social aspects Research. Internet research. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN H 62 A235 2013 Book