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- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Romance of Research Methods
- Part I Before You Dive In
- Part II Basic Design Considerations to Know, No Matter What Your Research Is About
- Part III Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
- 10 Survey Research
- 11 Conducting Surveys and Experiments on the Internet
- 12 Methods for Studying Everyday Experience in Its Natural Context
- 13 Mobile Sensing Methods
- 14 Language Research in Social Personality Psychology
- 15 Collecting Digital Footprints in the Wild
- 16 Behavioral Observation and Coding
- 17 Automaticity and Implicit Measures
- 18 Social Neuroendocrinology
- 19 Multivariate Neuroimaging in Social and Personality Psychology
- Part IV Understanding What Your Data Are Telling You About Psychological Processes
- Index
- References
15 - Collecting Digital Footprints in the Wild
from Part III - Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 December 2024
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Cambridge Handbooks in Psychology
- Handbook of Research Methods in Social and Personality Psychology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 The Romance of Research Methods
- Part I Before You Dive In
- Part II Basic Design Considerations to Know, No Matter What Your Research Is About
- Part III Deep Dives on Methods and Tools for Testing Your Question of Interest
- 10 Survey Research
- 11 Conducting Surveys and Experiments on the Internet
- 12 Methods for Studying Everyday Experience in Its Natural Context
- 13 Mobile Sensing Methods
- 14 Language Research in Social Personality Psychology
- 15 Collecting Digital Footprints in the Wild
- 16 Behavioral Observation and Coding
- 17 Automaticity and Implicit Measures
- 18 Social Neuroendocrinology
- 19 Multivariate Neuroimaging in Social and Personality Psychology
- Part IV Understanding What Your Data Are Telling You About Psychological Processes
- Index
- References
Summary
As people migrate to digital environments they produce an enormous amount of data, such as images, videos, data from mobile sensors, text, and usage logs. These digital footprints documenting people’s spontaneous behaviors in natural environments are a gold mine for social scientists, offering novel insights; more diversity; and more reliable, replicable, and ecologically valid results.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024