Dear Tom, You might also find the special issue that Mark Coté, Paolo Gerbaudo and I did on the Politics of Big Data helpful. All of the articles speak to the areas you are interested in and are available here, from the Journal of Digital Culture and Society: https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/dcs.2016.2.issue-2/issue-files/dcs.2016.2.i... Coté, Mark, Gerbaudo, Paolo and Pybus, Jennifer (2016) Introduction. Politics of Big Data Coté, Mark and Pybus, Jennifer (2016) Simondon on Datafication. A Techno-Cultural Method Gerbaudo, Paolo (2016) From Data Analytics to Data Hermeneutics. Online Political Discussions, Digital Methods and the Continuing Relevance of Interpretive Approaches Gerlitz, Carolin (2016) What Counts? Reflections on the Multivalence of Social Media Data, Digital Culture and Society Milan, Stefania and Velden, Lonneke van der (2016) The Alternative Epistemologies of Data Activism Murthy, Dhiraj, Gross, Alexander and McGarry, MarisaVisual (2016) Social Media and Big Data. Interpreting Instagram Images Posted on Twitter Rieder, Bernhard (2016) Big Data and the Paradox of Diversity All the best, Jennifer On 26/05/2017, 11:06, "Air-L on behalf of Tom van Nuenen" <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org on behalf of tomvannuenen@gmail.com> wrote: Dear researchers of the Internet, I'm looking for literature that deals with the relations between theory and method in the social sciences in an age of big data and the supposed 'end of theory'. Data is increasingly likely to be a starting point for social scientists investigating the digital world, but what does this mean for theory, method and the relations between them? Any information and literature would be very welcome. Many thanks in advance! Best regards, Tom van Nuenen Assistant Professor Online Culture _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/