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| ID | 23614874 |
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| Authors | Emma Uprichard (0000-0001-6515-0219, University of Warwick), Clare Jackson (0000-0002-2023-458X) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Pages | 1-3 |
| Publication date | 2017-12-04 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | Wiley Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/9781118430873.est0618 |
| OpenAlex | W4256388176 |
| ISBN | 9781118430873 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 6 |
The word “data” originates from Latin, but its meaning has been evolving ever since. Indeed, what data are and come to be and how they are used all change according to how society itself changes. Social data are never neutral and increasingly, in an age of “big data,” they are also a highly commercialized commodity.
Big data · Business · Commodity · Data mining · Epistemology · Meaning (existential) · Biomedical Text Mining and Ontologies · Computer Science · Philosophy · Philosophy and History of Science · Probability and Statistical Research
| Highly cited | No |
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