Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research

Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research

This paper proposes a critical reflection on the epistemological, methodological and theoretical implications of the researches based on Big Data – especially on social media data – for the scientific field of communication. From an epistemological point of view, it reveals the unsustainability of a...

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Prif Awdur: Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira
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Cyhoeddwyd: Comunicação e sociedade 2019
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epistemology
Big Data
communication theory
social media
epistemologia
mídias sociais
teoria da comunicação
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spelling openedition-oai:revues.org:cs_330 en https://journals.openedition.org/cs/330 2019-10-01T02:00:00Z info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess article info:eu-repo/semantics/article urn:handle:20.500.13089/eyks https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research Comunicação e sociedade Centro de estudos de comunicação e sociedade info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2183-3575 info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/1645-2089 URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cs Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira epistemology Big Data communication theory social media epistemologia Big Data mídias sociais teoria da comunicação This paper proposes a critical reflection on the epistemological, methodological and theoretical implications of the researches based on Big Data – especially on social media data – for the scientific field of communication. From an epistemological point of view, it reveals the unsustainability of analytical models based on static frameworks of communication, claiming that the social processes that emerge with the influence of the internet are unequivocally presented in fluid and contingent formats. In this context, it highlights that the evolution of technology itself has the potential to boost the construction of data collection and analysis tools capable of grasping the communication movements, justifying the need for alignment between ontology, epistemology and methodology in scientific research. The text, also, poses questions about communication theory and its concepts. It is believed that the relevance acquired by data in recent years should not point to a domain of the empirical over the theoretical. Effectively, the strengthening of the communication science demands precision and care with the use of terms, models and theoretical references historically consolidated in the problematization and explanation of the contemporary. O artigo propõe uma reflexão crítica sobre as implicações epistemológicas, metodológicas e teórico-conceituais das pesquisas baseadas no Big Data – especialmente em dados de mídias sociais – para o campo científico da comunicação. Do ponto de vista epistemológico, revela a insustentabilidade de modelos de análise baseados em enquadramentos estáticos da comunicação, alegando que os processos sociais que emergem com a influência da internet apresentam-se, inequivocamente, em formatos fluidos e contingentes. Nesse âmbito, destaca que a própria evolução da tecnologia tem condições de impulsionar a construção de ferramentas de coleta e análise de dados capazes de apreender os movimentos comunicacionais, fazendo jus à necessidade de alinhamento entre ontologia, epistemologia e metodologia na pesquisa científica. O texto, ainda, problematiza questões relativas à construção teórico-conceitual da comunicação. Acredita-se que o relevo adquirido pelos dados, nos últimos anos, não deve apontar para um domínio do empírico sobre o teórico. Efetivamente, o fortalecimento da ciência da comunicação passa pela precisão e pelo cuidado com o uso de termos, modelos e referências teóricas historicamente consolidados na problematização e explicação do contemporâneo.
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topic epistemology
Big Data
communication theory
social media
epistemologia
Big Data
mídias sociais
teoria da comunicação
spellingShingle epistemology
Big Data
communication theory
social media
epistemologia
Big Data
mídias sociais
teoria da comunicação
Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira
Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
description This paper proposes a critical reflection on the epistemological, methodological and theoretical implications of the researches based on Big Data – especially on social media data – for the scientific field of communication. From an epistemological point of view, it reveals the unsustainability of analytical models based on static frameworks of communication, claiming that the social processes that emerge with the influence of the internet are unequivocally presented in fluid and contingent formats. In this context, it highlights that the evolution of technology itself has the potential to boost the construction of data collection and analysis tools capable of grasping the communication movements, justifying the need for alignment between ontology, epistemology and methodology in scientific research. The text, also, poses questions about communication theory and its concepts. It is believed that the relevance acquired by data in recent years should not point to a domain of the empirical over the theoretical. Effectively, the strengthening of the communication science demands precision and care with the use of terms, models and theoretical references historically consolidated in the problematization and explanation of the contemporary.
author Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira
author_facet Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira
author_sort Soares, Ana Thereza Nogueira
title Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
title_short Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
title_full Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
title_fullStr Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
title_full_unstemmed Epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the Big Data Era: a critical panorama of social media research
title_sort epistemology, methods and theories of communication in the big data era: a critical panorama of social media research
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