Cover	0
	Contents	6
	List of Figures and Tables	8
	Foreword by Noortje Marres	9
	Acknowledgements	11
	Notes on Contributors	12
	1 Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: An Introduction	20
	Part I: Big Data, Thick Data: Social Media Analysis	31
	Introduction to Part I	31
	2 Methodological Innovation in Precarious Spaces: The Case of Twitter	35
	3 Have We Even Solved the First ‘Big Data Challenge?’ Practical Issues Concerning Data Collection and Visual Representation for Social Media Analytics	52
	4 ‘I’m Always on Facebook!’: Exploring Facebook as a Mainstream Research Tool and Ethnographic Site	69
	Part II: Combining and Comparing Methods	85
	Introduction to Part II	85
	5 Mixing Modes to Widen Research Participation	89
	6 Do We Need Polls? Why Twitter Will Not Replace Opinion Surveys, but Can Complement Them	105
	7 Video Analysis in Digital Literacy Studies: Exploring Innovative Methods	123
	Part III: Developing Innovations in Digital Methods	140
	Introduction to Part III	140
	8 Prototyping Social Sciences: Emplacing Digital Methods	144
	9 Digital Methods and Perpetual Reinvention? Asynchronous Interviewing and Photo Elicitation	160
	10 Digital Stories and Handmade Skills: Explorations in How Digital Methods Can Be Used to Study Transmissions of Skill	174
	Part IV: Digital Research: Challengesand Contentions	188
	Introduction to Part IV	188
	11 What’s the Matter with MOOCs? Socio-material Methodologies for Educational Research	192
	12 Towards an Innovative Inclusion: Using Digital Methods with Young People	207
	13 Ethics Issues in Digital Methods Research	223
	14 Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology: Conclusions	239
	Index	248