To what extent does our online activity reveal who we are? Recent research has
demonstrated that the digital traces left by individuals as they browse and interact with …

New and emerging forms of data, including posts harvested from social media sites such as
Twitter, have become part of the sociologist's data diet. In particular, some researchers see …

Background The use of social media data to predict mental health outcomes has the
potential to allow for the continuous monitoring of mental health and well-being and provide …

Social media provide access to behavioural data at an unprecedented scale and granularity.
However, using these data to understand phenomena in a broader population is difficult due …

The last decade has witnessed an increase in the number of extreme weather events
globally. In addition, the economic output around the world is at all-time high in terms of …

Successful navigation of the Covid-19 pandemic is predicated on public cooperation with
safety measures and appropriate perception of risk, in which emotion and attention play …

The COVID‐19 crisis has sparked a resurgence of scholarly interest in the issue of ageism.
Whether the outbreak thwarts or facilitates efforts to combat ageism hinges upon public …

The study of interest groups and their role in political life has undergone somewhat of a
renaissance in recent years. Long standing scholarly themes such as interest groups …

Large-scale geotagged social media data have been increasingly used for exploring human
movement patterns in cities. Challenges of this new data type, such as non-representative …

Political campaigning on social media is a core feature of contemporary democracy.
However, evidence of the effectiveness of this type of campaigning is thin. This study tests …