Swarm methodology

The Consumer Electronic Show, contagion, and visual data collection

Bibliographic Data

ID2990050
AuthorsLawrence Mullen (0009-0008-9687-8868, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, corresponding author)
Year2009
Volume15
Issue4
Pages463-476
Publication date2009-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Identities (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1350-4630 • E-ISSN: 1363-0296
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13504630903043824
OpenAlexW2057023832
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This report documents the process of collecting visual data at the 2007 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. After defining CES as a network and the concept of the swarm as a phenomenon with distinctive data collection implications, a two-stage process is outlined. Understood from the point of contagion theory, the first stage of the data collection process resembled a formalistic approach while the second stage focused on specific data content. The goal was to understand swarm as a relatively unique way of studying ephemeral social phenomena and systematize its data collection procedures

Data collection · Data science · Social science · Sociology · Swarm behaviour · Computer Science · Information Systems Theories and Implementation · Open Source Software Innovations · Artificial Intelligence

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