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Journal of Digital Social Research

Special Issue on Methods in Visual Politics and Protest

Vol. 6 No. 1 (2024): Special issue: Methods in Visual Politics and Protest: Mixed Methods, Data Curation & Anti-Publics

Special Issue on Methods in Visual Politics and Protest: mixed methods, data curation & anti-publics

DOI
https://doi.org/10.33621/jdsr.v6i1.254
Submitted
December 13, 2023
Published
2024-03-06

Abstract

This special issue draws together five articles in the arena of methods in visual politics and protest. It addresses three core methodological challenges across the research process (data access, collection, analysis, visualisation: the proliferation of visually oriented platforms, the emergence of novel visual practices, and the increasing application of digital methods. Their key contributions lie in the development of mixed visual methods approaches, new techniques for constructing and curating visual datasets, and methodological  explorations of visual anti-publics.

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