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Social Network Analysis in an Age of Digital Information (2018)
Book Chapter
Hardey, M. (2018). Social Network Analysis in an Age of Digital Information. In R. Alhajj, & J. Rokne (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social network analysis and mining (2671-2677). (2nd ed.). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_403

The term “social network analysis” (SNA) provides an increasingly overarching research context for scholars, as well as policy makers, industry, commercial organizations, and the public sector. It refers not only to an integrated set of theoretical c... Read More about Social Network Analysis in an Age of Digital Information.

Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web (2016)
Book Chapter
Smith, H., Hardey, M., Hardey, M., & Burrows, R. (2016). Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web. In N. G. Fielding, R. M. Lee, & G. Blank (Eds.), The Sage handbook of online research methods (596-610). (2nd ed.). SAGE Publications

This chapter explores how, what Thrift (2005) has termed knowing capitalism, is increasingly invested in developing new techniques, methodological frameworks, and cultural discourses that exploit the potential of social cartography to realize new for... Read More about Social Cartography and ‘Knowing Capitalism’: Critical Reflections on Social Research and the Geo-­Spatial Web.

Marketing Narratives: Researching Digital Data, Design and the In/Visible Consumer. (2014)
Book Chapter
Hardey, M. (2014). Marketing Narratives: Researching Digital Data, Design and the In/Visible Consumer. In M. Hand, & S. Hillyard (Eds.), Big Data?: Qualitative Approaches to Digital Research (115-135). (13). Emerald. https://doi.org/10.1108/s1042-319220140000013008

Purpose - This chapter critically evaluates the literature on digital consumer data and the ways in which it can be used in digital social research. The chapter illuminates how researchers have to conceptualise and negotiate digital data, focusing up... Read More about Marketing Narratives: Researching Digital Data, Design and the In/Visible Consumer..

ICTs and Generations – Constantly Connected Social Lives (2011)
Book Chapter
Hardey, M. (2011). ICTs and Generations – Constantly Connected Social Lives. In F. Colombo, & L. Fortunati (Eds.), Broadband society and generational changes (97-109). Peter Lang

The role generations play in accepting and shaping digital technologies, and possibly vice versa, is an increasingly relevant issue in contemporary society. For the first time in the academic debate, this volume outlines the theoretical issues and ex... Read More about ICTs and Generations – Constantly Connected Social Lives.

Ubiquitous Connectivity: User-Generated Data and the Role of the Researcher (2011)
Book Chapter
Hardey, M. (2011). Ubiquitous Connectivity: User-Generated Data and the Role of the Researcher. In S. Hesse-Biber (Ed.), The handbook of emergent technologies in social research (111-132). Oxford University Press

Emergent technologies are pushing the boundaries of how both qualitative and quantitative researchers practice their craft, and it has become clear these changes are dramatically altering research design, from the questions researchers ask and the wa... Read More about Ubiquitous Connectivity: User-Generated Data and the Role of the Researcher.