Social Science Computer Review
Citizenship, Social Media, and Big Data
Submission deadline: 01. February 2015
Special issue
More information: http://milab.univie.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/p_milab/News/CALL_FOR_PAPERS.new.pdf
The Social Science Computer Review calls for submissions to a special issue focusing on “Citizenship, Social Media, and Big Data”. The special issue is seeking full-length manuscripts that apply big data and a social scientific approach to explore how citizens use media, in particular social media, for political purposes. The special issue is open to a variety of topics that include, but are not limited to, citizens’ engagement with news and political information, the intersection of citizenship and journalism, political discussion and expression, as well as political participation, activism, and protest.