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Mark Carrigan, PhD, Digital Engagement Fellow, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge, discusses how the metaphors used to frame the field of social science, as it re-configures itself in the digital world of big data, could profoundly influence its future.
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Chapter 1: Big Data, the Reconfiguration of the Social Sciences, and the Importance of Metaphors
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Chapter 2: The Influence of Today's Metaphors on Tomorrow's Practice
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Chapter 3: Social Listening as a Metaphor
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Chapter 4: The Influence of Social Media Platforms on Conceptual Vocabularies and Interactions
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Chapter 5: Social Media and the Emphasis on Visibility
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Chapter 6: Implications of Considering Social Media as a Condition, Rather than an Object, of Social Science
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Chapter 7: Metaphors Used Today Will Shape Digital Social Sciences
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