Jonathon Adams, English Language Institute, Ministry of Education, SingaporeStuart Agnew, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Arts Business and Applied Social Science, University Campus Suffolk (UCS), UK Julie Barnett, Professor of Health Psychology, University of Bath, UKIbrar Bhatt, Senior Research Associate, Department of Educational Research, Lancaster University, UK Emma Bond, Associate Professor, University Campus Suffolk, and Director of iSEED (The Institute for Social, Educational and Enterprise Development, UK Phillip Brooker, Research Associate, University of Bath, UK Axel Bruns, Australian Research Council Future Fellow, and Professor, Creative Industries Faculty, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, AustraliaJean Burgess, Associate Professor of Digital Media, and Director of the Digital Media Research Centre (DMRC), Queensland University of Technology, Australia Timothy Cribbin, Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Brunel University London, UK Roberto de Roock, Center for Games and Impact, Arizona State University, USAAdolfo Estalella, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Manchester, UK Jorge Fábrega is Assistant Professor, Adolfo Ibañez University, ChileClaire Hewson, Lecturer in Psychology, The Open University, UKChristine Hine, Reader in Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Surrey, UK Jo Hope, University of Surrey, UKEmma Hutchinson, University of Warwick, UKJeremy Knox, Lecturer in Digital Education,University of Edinburgh, UKNoortje Marres, Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London, UKYvette Morey, Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Behaviour Change and Influence, University of the West of England, Bristol, UKSteven Roberts, Senior Lecturer in Sociology, Monash University, USAJavier Sajuria, Research Associate, School of Government in Public Policy, University of Strathclyde, UKSanjay Sharma, Senior Lecturer, Department of Social Sciences, Media and Communications, Brunel University London, UKHelene Snee, Lecturer in Sociology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UKEve Stirling, Senior Lecturer in Design, Sheffield Institute of Art, Sheffield Hallam University, UKVictoria Tedder, University of Kent, UKHayley Watson, Senior Research Analyst, Trilateral Research & Consulting, London, UK

List of Figures and TablesForeword; Noortje MarresAcknowledgementsNotes on the Contributors1.Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: An Introduction; Helene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts, Hayley WatsonPART I: BIG DATA, THICJ DATA: SOCIAL MEDIA ANALYSIS2.Methodological innovation in precarious spaces: the case of Twitter; Axel Bruns and Jean Burgess3. Have we even solved the first 'big data challenge?' Practical issues concerning data collection and visual representation for social media analytics; Phillip Brooker, Julie Barnett, Timothy Cribbin and Sanjay Sharma4. I'm always on Facebook!' Exploring Facebook as a mainstream research tool and ethnographic site; Eve StirlingPART II: COMBINING AND COMPARING METHODS5. Mixing modes to widen research participation; Jo Hope6. Do we need polls? Why Twitter will not replace opinion surveys, but can complement them; Javier Sajuria and Jorge Fábrega7. Video analysis in digital literacy studies: Exploring innovative methods; Roberto de Roock, Ibrar Bhatt, and Jonathan AdamsPART III: DEVELOPING INNOVATIONS IN DIGITAL METHODS8. Prototyping social sciences: Emplacing digital methods; Adolfo Estalella9. Digital methods and perpetual reinvention? Asynchronous interviewing and photo elicitation; Emma Hutchinson10. Digital stories and handmade skills: Explorations in how digital methods can be used to study transmissions of skill; Victoria TedderPART IV: DIGITAL RESEARCH: CHALLENGES AND CONTENTIONS11. What's the matter with MOOCs? Sociomaterial methodologies for educational research; Jeremy Knox12. Towards an innovative inclusion: Using digital methods with young people; Emma Bond and Stuart Agnew13. Ethics Issues in Digital Methods Research; Claire Hewson14. Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: ConclusionsHelene Snee, Christine Hine, Yvette Morey, Steven Roberts, Hayley WatsonIndex

This timely book inspires researchers to deploy relevant, effective, innovative digital methods. It explores the relationship of such methods to 'mainstream' social science; interdisciplinarity; innovations in digital research tools; the opportunities (and challenges) of digital methods in researching social life; and digital research ethics.