This timely book inspires researchers to deploy relevant, effective, innovative digital methods. It explores the relationship of such methods to ''mainstream'' social science; interdisciplinarity; innovations in digital research tools; the opportunities (and challenges) of digital methods in researching social life; and digital research ethics.

This timely book inspires researchers to deploy relevant, effective, innovative digital methods. It explores the relationship of such methods to ''mainstream'' social science; interdisciplinarity; innovations in digital research tools; the opportunities (and challenges) of digital methods in researching social life; and digital research ethics.