Social Media Research Issues and Challenges (17.11.20) WRDTP: DCT

As social media data become more ubiquitous and accessible, new tools and techniques for integrating them into social and cultural research have emerged. The growing use of social media analytics and other ‘digital methods’ in social research raises a number of issues and challenges relating to the ways in which research is undertaken and research data is made and shaped. This session introduces approaches to social media research and the issues that they raise.