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标题：Digital Traces in Context| Digital Traces in Context — An Introduction
其他标题：Digital Traces in Context| Digital Traces in Context — An Introduction
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作者：Andreas Hepp ; Andreas Breiter ; Thomas N. Friemel 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Communication
印刷版ISSN：1932-8036
出版年度：2018
卷号：12
页码：11
语种：English
出版社：USC Annenberg Center
摘要：A consequence of living in a media-saturated world is that we inevitably leave behind digital traces of our media use. In this introduction to the International Journal of Communication ’s thematic section, we argue for a need to put those digital traces in context. As a starting point, we outline our basic understanding of digital traces, generally defining them as numerically produced correlations of disparate kinds of data that are generated by our practices in a media environment characterized by digitalization. On this basis, we distinguish three contextual facets that are of relevance when considering digital traces: first, the context of the scientific discourse in which research on digital traces is positioned; second, the context of the methods being applied to researching them; and third, the aforementioned context of the empirical field. With reference to the articles in this thematic section, this introduction argues that, in a single study, all three contextual facets interact as the scientific discourse relates to the methods being used, which in turn relates to the entire field of research.
关键词：digital traces; contextualization; big data; digital methods; datafication; deep mediatization