Using Social Media for Social Research: Theoretical and Methodological Challenges

The proliferation of digital technologies in society poses several challenges for digital social research. Among other challenges, social media play a key role in shaping how people relate, communicate, access, and use information. Along with this, social media are also used as ideological platforms to spread narratives and public agendas, creating a public space.

Starting from the crucial role of social media, the session aims to produce a debate on social media, understood both as an object of study and as a method for doing digital research.

This session encourages the submission of original contributions that focus on addressing theoretical, methodological, and analytic challenges in doing research with social media