The Handbook of Computational Communication Research

Offering a broad overview with interdisciplinary influences as well as an in-depth discussion particularly geared for communication science, this handbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the large and continuously growing field of Computational Communication Research (CCR). This handbook acknowledges and serves the dual approaches of CCR: a toolkit for collecting and analyzing data as well as a field of research. The volume is divided into five parts. The first part introduces general concepts and terminologies, thereby laying out the state of the art of this field. The second part applies a toolkit perspective and looks at CCR data challenges and the third part provides methodological insights. The fourth part discusses CCR as research tackling a field that is driven by algorithms, big data, artificial intelligence, and a small yet powerful number of maintaining companies. Finally, the fifth part proposes a roadmap for future research in this field. This handbook is an indispensable resource for researchers in communication and media studies researching and utilizing computational methods. The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC BY-ND) 4.0 International license.