In the aftermath of the Cambridge Analytica controversy, social media platform providers
such as Facebook and Twitter have severely restricted access to platform data via their …

Despite the increasing use of social media platforms for information and news gathering, its
unmoderated nature often leads to the emergence and spread of rumours, ie, items of …

Social media data has become crucial to the advancement of scientific understanding.
However, even though it has become ubiquitous, just collecting large-scale social media …

Social media data is increasingly used as a proxy for human activity in different
environments, including protected areas, where collecting visitor information is often …

Social media platforms allow users worldwide to create and share information, forging vast
sensing networks that allow information on certain topics to be collected, stored, mined, and …

This introduction to the special issue considers how independent research on
mis/disinformation campaigns can be conducted in a corporate environment hostile to …

Qualitative and mixed methods digital social research often relies on gathering and storing
social media data through the use of APIs (Application Programming Interfaces). In past …

The ubiquity of digital devices and the increasing intensity of users' interactions with them
create vast amounts of digital trace data. Companies use these data to optimize their …

Data sharing is increasingly perceived to be beneficial to knowledge production, and is
therefore increasingly required by federal funding agencies, private funders, and journals …

Validity and reliability are long established as central tenets of ensuring good quality
research. However, safeguarding validity and reliability can be challenging within the …