The growing number of people using social media to communicate with others and
document their personal opinion and action is creating a significant stream of data that …

'Mass communication'has been an embattled term. As the media environment has evolved,
arguments have persisted that it has outlived its usefulness; that it fails to capture the …

Dominant discourses around young people and social networking in the mass media are
littered with negative connotations and moral panics. While some scholars challenge this …

How have new social media altered how individuals present themselves? What dilemmas
have they introduced? In the age of Facebook, Twitter and other forms of instant …

This introduction presents an overview of key concepts discussed in the subsequent
chapters of this book. The book discusses various aspects of big data in the context of crisis …

This article aims to provide insight into the nature of the ongoing negotiation of power and
control between the controllers (owners, designers, editors) and “prosumers”(consumers …

The paper explores the potential of the Web 2.0 environment for conducting both qualitative
and quantitative research. The paper analyzes the emerging Research 2.0 domain using the …

The growing number of people using social media to communicate with their peers and
document their personal everyday feelings and views is creating a 'data on an epic …

Evidence in the literature regarding the impact of radio in fuelling crises is conflicting. This
study extends existing argument by testing the moderating effect of accountability partners in …

The idea that criminal or violent behaviours can be detected and/or prevented through
surveillance practices emerges with modern law enforcement and police. 1 From the very …