ReviseSociology

Category: secondary data

  • New social norms revealed by Twitter data?

    It is possible to analyse qualitative social media data to reveal social trends in attitudes.  Twitter recently released an analysis of the content of 4 billion tweets made over the past three years, from users based in the United States. (Source) The fastest growing theme which Twitter users are talking about is ‘creator culture’, with…

  • Personal Documents in social research

    Personal documents are those which are intended only to be viewed by oneself or intimate relations, namely friends or family. They generally (but not always) not intended to be seen by a wider public audience. For the purposes of A-level sociology, the two main types of personal document are diaries and personal letters. Today, I’m…