Behavioral surplus defines Google's earnings success. In 2016, 89 percent of the revenues
of its parent company, Alphabet, derived from Google's targeted advertising programs. The …

Revolting Subjects is a groundbreaking account of social abjection in contemporary Britain,
exploring how particular groups of people are figured as revolting and how they in turn revolt …

We live in a world where the internet and the world wide web have, in the matter of only
three decades, shifted from being at the forefront of a new frontier of communication …

For social scientists, the widespread adoption of social media presents both an opportunity
and a challenge. Data that can shed light on people's habits, opinions and behaviour is …

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an
authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to …

Drawing on extensive interviews with gang members, this book provides a vivid portrayal of
gang life. Topics include the profiles and motivations of gang members; the processes of …

A perennial criticism regarding the use of social media in social science research is the lack
of demographic information associated with naturally occurring mediated data such as that …

Tracey Jensen grew up in the coastal badlands of Essex, grew wise in the edgelands of
south London and is now happily ensconced in Lancashire. She is a lecturer in Media and …

This study reviews literature on the use of Social Media (SM) in emergency response
operations while identifying gaps in this research stream that need attention from Information …

Scholars and lay persons alike routinely express concern about the capacity of democratic
publics to respond rationally to emotionally charged issues such as crime, particularly when …