Decoding the Social World: Data Science and the Unintended Consequences of Communication

by Sandra González-Bailón

Book Overview

How data science and the analysis of networks help us solve the puzzle of unintended consequences.

Social life is full of paradoxes. Our intentional actions often trigger outcomes that we did not intend or even envision. How do we explain those unintended effects and what can we do to regulate them? In Decoding the Social World, Sandra Gonz lez-Bail n explains how data science and digital traces help us solve the puzzle of unintended...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037076
• ISBN13: 9780262037075
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.2" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher