Big Data

Issues for an International Political Sociology of Data Practices: Table 1

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2236772
AutoresAnders Koed Madsen (0000-0003-2842-4908, Aalborg University), Mikkel Flyverbom (0000-0001-9465-6219, Copenhagen Business School), M Hilbert (0000-0003-0809-6361, University of California, Davis), Evelyn Ruppert (0000-0001-7781-1491, Goldsmiths University of London)
Año2016
Volumen10
Número3
Páginas275-296
Fecha de publicación2016-09-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaInternational Political Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1749-5679 • E-ISSN: 1749-5687
EditorialOxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1093/ips/olw010
OpenAlexW2462256240
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas30
Referencias citadas44

The claim that big data can revolutionize strategy and governance in the context of international relations is increasingly hard to ignore. Scholars of international political sociology have mainly discussed this development through the themes of security and surveillance. The aim of this paper is to outline a research agenda that can be used to raise a broader set of sociological and practice-oriented questions about the increasing datafication of international relations and politics. First, it proposes a way of conceptualizing big data that is broad enough to open fruitful investigations into the emerging use of big data in these contexts. This conceptualization includes the identification of three moments contained in any big data practice. Second, it suggests a research agenda built around a set of subthemes that each deserve dedicated scrutiny when studying the interplay between big data and international relations along these moments. Through a combination of these moments and subthemes, the paper suggests a roadmap for an international political sociology of data practices.

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