Accounting for the social: Investigating commensuration and Big Data practices at Facebook

This study explores Big Data practices at Facebook through an investigation of the role of commensuration or ‘the transformation of different qualities into a common metric’ in the structuration of analysis and interaction with a major online social media platform. It proposes a conceptual framework...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fernando N van der Vlist
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-02-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716631365