CRITICAL QUESTIONS FOR BIG DATA

作者: danah boyd , Kate Crawford

DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2012.678878

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摘要: The era of Big Data has begun. Computer scientists, physicists, economists, mathematicians, political bio-informaticists, sociologists, and other scholars are clamoring for access to the massive quantities information produced by about people, things, their interactions. Diverse groups argue potential benefits costs analyzing genetic sequences, social media interactions, health records, phone logs, government digital traces left people. Significant questions emerge. Will large-scale search data help us create better tools, services, public goods? Or will it usher in a new wave privacy incursions invasive marketing? analytics understand online communities movements? be used track protesters suppress speech? transform how we study human communication culture, or narrow palette research options alter what ‘research’ means? Given rise as socio-tech...

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