Questioning Big Data: Crowdsourcing crisis data towards an inclusive humanitarian response

The aim of this paper is to critically explore whether crowdsourced Big Data enables an inclusive humanitarian response at times of crisis. We argue that all data, including Big Data, are socially constructed artefacts that reflect the contexts and processes of their creation. To support our argumen...

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Main Authors: Femke Mulder, Julie Ferguson, Peter Groenewegen, Kees Boersma, Jeroen Wolbers
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2016-08-01
Series:Big Data & Society
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2053951716662054