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Evelyn S. Ruppert ( Goldsmiths, University of London) 3.144 billion Internet Users, 957 million websites, 180 billion emails, [...]

Hamish Robertson and Joanne Travaglia (University of New South Wales) Our growing enthusiasm for the big data concept [...]

Rob Kitchin (National University of Ireland, Maynooth) For the past couple of centuries National Statistical Institutions (NSIs) have [...]

Susan Halford (University of Southampton) The emergence of 'big data' is rapidly becoming one of the hallmarks of [...]

Gary Hall (Coventry University) Talk about being careful what you wish for. A recent survey of UK vice-chancellors [...]

David Beer (University of York) Following the England cricket team’s recent elimination from the world cup, Peter Moores, [...]

Deborah Lupton (University of Canberra) and Mike Michael (University of Sydney) Many sociological questions are raised by big [...]

Ana Gross (University of Warwick) What is Big Data about? In the following article I will briefly respond [...]

Adam Edwards (Cardiff University) Big data is in part responsible for a rejuvenated interest in the use of [...]

Nisha Kapoor (University of York) If Islamophobia has long marked Europe’s history, its contemporary expression serves a particular [...]