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Big Data is Too Small: How the Digital Divide Leaves People Out

By on July 31, 2013 in Academia, Digital Divide, Facebook, My Talks, Social Movements, Sociology, Twitter

In my post on PBS.org’s MediaShift, I contend that Big Data is Too Small. I will also be giving a talk on the topic at the American Sociological Association’s Annual Meeting on August 13 in New York. Here’s the lede: “The utopian hype over Big Data is being critiqued on many fronts. After all, it isn’t that new. [...]

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