Introduction to Social Media Investigation

Jennifer Golbeck

ISBN 10: 0128016566 / ISBN 13: 9780128016565

Verlag: Elsevier Science Mär 2015, 2015

Beschreibung

This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -If you're interested in using social media as an investigative tool, Introduction to Social Media Investigation will show you how! Social networks and social media, like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, are some of the most popular services on the Web, with hundreds of millions of users. The public information that people share on these sites can be valuable for anyone interested in investigating people of interest through open, public sources. Social media as an investigative device is in its infancy and not well understood. This book presents an overview of social media and discusses special skills and techniques to use when conducting investigations. The book features hands-on tutorials and case studies and offers additional data-gathering techniques. Presents an overview of social media sites, information types, privacy policies, and other general issues relevant to investigating individuals online Discusses the special skills and techniques needed when conducting investigations using social media Includes hands-on tutorials and case studies using Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media sites using proven investigative techniques Shows how to gather additional data using advanced techniques such as crowdsourcing, data mining, and network analysis 306 pp. Englisch.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780128016565

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Introduction to Social Media Investigation
• Verlag: Elsevier Science Mär 2015
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 0128016566
• ISBN-13: 9780128016565
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zustand: Neu
• Abmessungen: 231B x 186 H x 17 T Millimeter Breite: 231 mm, Höhe: 186 mm, Tiefe: 17 mm
• Gewicht: 644 Gramm

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Inhaltsangabe

If you're interested in using social media as an investigative tool, Introduction to Social Media Investigation will show you how! Social networks and social media, like Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, are some of the most popular services on the Web, with hundreds of millions of users. The public information that people share on these sites can be valuable for anyone interested in investigating people of interest through open, public sources. Social media as an investigative device is in its infancy and not well understood. This book presents an overview of social media and discusses special skills and techniques to use when conducting investigations. The book features hands-on tutorials and case studies and offers additional data-gathering techniques.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Jennifer Golbeck Ph.D Is an Associate Professor in the College of Information Studies and Director of the Human-Computer Interaction Lab at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her research interests include social network and social media analysis, recommender systems, trust on the web, human computer interaction and and how to use social relationships to improve the way people interact with information. She was named as one of IEEE Intelligent System's "Top Ten to Watch", is a Research Fellow in the Web Science Research Initiative and is a sought after speaker on social media