‘Big data’ or ‘Data with a soul’?
Image: Thegreenfly (Creative Commons) What is big data? In the digital era, the data produced by people on an everyday basis is myriad. There is always more data coming into being, and it is growing at...
View ArticleIlliteracy and social media: a picture is worth a thousand words
Photo by Frits Ahlefeldt-Laurvig – HikingArtist.com (Creative Commons) When I first came to the field site in India, Panchagrami, I had a lot of questions about access to social media and its use by...
View Article“I’m Feeling …”– Status Messages on Social Media
Photo by Sean MacEntee (Creative Commons) “Smiling :)” “Happy !!!!!!!” “Feeling Sad…” “Irritated!” Do the above look like private messages that one sends? More often than not at Panchagrami, they end...
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