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Social media data and real time analytics

Inquiry

Traditional data storage systems were not designed for real-time analysis but new technologies can now provide live information and data analysis can accomplished in real-time. Social media data offers the possibility of studying social processes as they unfold at the level of populations as an alternative to traditional surveys or interviews. The data from social media is described as “qualitative data on a quantitative scale” and requires innovative analysis techniques.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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4th Report - Responsible Use of Data
Inquiry Social media data and real time analytics
HC 245
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Oral evidence transcripts

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2 July 2014
Inquiry Social media data and real time analytics
Witnesses Steve Wood, Head of Policy Delivery, Information Commissioner’s Office, Dr Mark Elliot, Senior Lecturer, Confidentiality and Privacy Research Issues group, University of Manchester, and Dr Kevin Macnish, Teaching Fellow and Consultant, Inter Disciplinary Applied Ethics Centre, University of Leeds; Ed Vaizey MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries, Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Oral Evidence
23 June 2014
Inquiry Social media data and real time analytics
Witnesses Professor Derek McAuley, Professor of Digital Economy in the School of Computer Science and Director of Horizon, Horizon Digital Economy Research Institute, Professor David De Roure, Director, Oxford e-Research Institute and ESRC Strategic Adviser for Data Resources, Economic and Social Research Council, and Sir Nigel Shadbolt, Professor of Artificial Intelligence, Web Science Trust; Professor Liesbet van Zoonen, Professor of Communication and Media Studies, Loughborough University, Professor David Robertson, Head of School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, representing the UK Computing Research Committee, Dr Mathieu d’Aquin, Research Fellow, the Open University, and Emma Carr, Acting Director, Big Brother Watch
Oral Evidence
18 June 2014
Inquiry Social media data and real time analytics
Witnesses Timo Hannay, Managing Director, Digital Science, Carl Miller, Research Director, Centre for the Analysis of Social Media, Demos, Sureyya Cansoy, Director, Tech for Business and Consumer Programmes, techUK; Professor John Preston, Professor of Education, University of East London Professor Mick Yates, Visiting Professor, Consumer Data Research Centre, University of Leeds Dr Ella McPherson, Research Fellow, University of Cambridge
Oral Evidence
Google (SMD0031)
TechUK (SMD0030)
Facebook (SMD0026)

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