Simeonova B. Cambridge Handbook of Qualitative Digital Research 2023 torrent

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Big data and algorithmic decision-making have been touted as game-changing developments in management research, but they have their limitations. Qualitative approaches should not be cast aside in the age of digitalisation, since they facilitate understanding of quantitative data and the questioning of assumptions and conclusions that may otherwise lead to faulty implications being drawn, and - crucially - inaccurate strategies, decisions and actions. This handbook comprises three parts: Part I highlights many of the issues associated with 'unthinking digitalisation', particularly concerning the overreliance on algorithmic decision-making and the consequent need for qualitative research. Part II provides examples of the various qualitative methods that can be usefully employed in researching various digital phenomena and issues. Part III introduces a range of emergent issues concerning practice, knowing, datafication, technology design and implementation, data reliance and algorithms, digitalisation.
Philosophical, Epistemological and Theoretical Considerations
Introduction
A Philosophical Perspective on Qualitative Research in the Age of Digitalization
Data as a Contingent Performance and the Limitations of Big Data
Big Data, Little Understanding
Power, Knowledge and Digitalization
Information Technology and Power
Methodological Considerations
Human Values in a Digital-First World: The Implications for Qualitative Research
One Picture to Study One Thousand Words
Demystifying the Digital
Case Study Research Revisited
Social Media Qualitative Research Vignettes
Co-Inquiring in a Digital Age
Illustrative Examples and Emergent Issues
Observing Artifacts
Algorithms as Co-Researchers
Sensemaking about HRV Data of High-Performing Individuals
The Rich Facets of Digital Trace Data
Balancing the Momentum of Datafication with Qualitative Researchers as Design Thinkers
What Data Sharing in Government Tells Us about the Digitalization of Government Services