In defense of forensic social science
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5260971 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Amir Goldberg (0000-0002-0858-3058, Stanford University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 2/2/2053951715601145 |
| Publication date | 2015-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Big Data & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2053-9517 • E-ISSN: 2053-9517 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/2053951715601145 |
| OpenAlex | W2238498060 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 25 |
| References cited | 4 |
Like the navigation tools that freed ancient sailors from the need to stay close to the shoreline-eventually affording the discovery of new worlds-Big Data might open us up to new sociological possibilities by freeing us from the shackles of hypothesis testing. But for that to happen we need forensic social science: the careful compilation of evidence from unstructured digital traces as a means to generate new theories
Archaeology · Big data · Computer security · Data mining · Data science · Digital forensics · Epistemology · Forensic science · Sociology · Computational and Text Analysis Methods · Computer Science · History · Philosophy
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| Unique citing works | 25 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,5 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2026 (11) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 23 |