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Introduction to Data in Social Context.

The article focuses on the college class "Introduction to Data in Social Context" offered at Virginia Tech beginning in spring 2017. The authors discuss the origins of the class, note that the class is cross-listed with the Department of Sociology and the Department of Science, Technology, and Socie...

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Published in:Journal of American History Vol. 111; no. 4; pp. 760 - 769
Main Authors: Ewing, E Thomas, Davitt, Marcia S, Plummer, Sarah, Steinhauer, Hannah, Winling, LaDale
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Mar2025
Subjects:
Data analysis
Acquisition of data
Big data
Technology & society
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Sociology education (Higher)
Technology education (Higher)
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary:The article focuses on the college class "Introduction to Data in Social Context" offered at Virginia Tech beginning in spring 2017. The authors discuss the origins of the class, note that the class is cross-listed with the Department of Sociology and the Department of Science, Technology, and Society, and examine how the class navigates the intersection of moral imagination and Big Data.