Challenges of and approaches to data collection across platforms and time: Conspiracy-related digital traces as examples of political contention

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dc.contributor.authorHeft, Annett
dc.contributor.authorBühling, Kilian
dc.contributor.authorZhang, Xixuan
dc.contributor.authorSchindler, Dominik
dc.contributor.authorMilzner, Miriam
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-27T09:12:05Z
dc.date.available2024-08-27T09:12:05Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractTaking the example of conspiracy-related communication online as one form of contentious politics, this study examines the data collection challenges for multidimensional comparative research across platforms, time, and cultural embeddings. It compares the architectures and features relevant to data collection, access regimes, and use cultures for a set of digital platforms and communication venues. Differentiating between actor- and content-based strategies, this study discusses the potentials and limitations of these approaches, considering differences in platforms, temporal dynamics, and cultural embeddings as well as several layers of equivalence. The discussion highlights crucial insights into designing data collection strategies in multidimensional comparative studies.
dc.description.sponsorshipThis study was supported by grants from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (grant numbers 13N16049 [in the context of the call for proposals Civil Security – Societies in Transition] and 16DII135 [in the context of the Weizenbaum Institute]). Dominik Schindler acknowledges support from the EPSRC (PhD studentship through the Department of Mathematics at Imperial College London) and from the Weizenbaum Institute (Research Fellowship).
dc.identifier.citationHeft, A., Bühling, K., Zhang, X., Schindler, D., & Milzner, M. (2024). Challenges of and approaches to data collection across platforms and time: Conspiracy-related digital traces as examples of political contention. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 21(3), 323–339. https://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.2250779
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/19331681.2023.2250779
dc.identifier.issnissn:1933-169X
dc.identifier.urihttps://www.weizenbaum-library.de/handle/id/732
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectdata collection strategies
dc.subjectcross-platform research
dc.subjectcomparative research
dc.subjectpolitical contention
dc.subjectconspiracy theories
dc.subjectsocial media
dc.subjectplatform architectures
dc.subjectfunctional equivalence
dc.titleChallenges of and approaches to data collection across platforms and time: Conspiracy-related digital traces as examples of political contention
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dcterms.bibliographicCitation.urlhttps://doi.org/10.1080/19331681.2023.2250779
local.researchgroupDynamiken der digitalen Mobilisierung
local.researchtopicDigitale Märkte und Öffentlichkeiten auf Plattformen
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