Paradm of Social Science Research in Intelligent Social Science

Algorithms, big data, social software, video conferences ... A more intelligent world not only affects our lives, but also shaped a new paradigm in social science research. Recently, the achievements of social science research under the intelligent society have been published one after another. Among them, Marnie Hawlett, a lecturer at the University of Oxford University of Britain, "Fields" by watching "Fields" through video conference software: Methodology Thinking for Online Research on the Global Epidemium "has been in the" Qualitic Research "magazine Published in June.

Network space becomes a new "field"

In traditional sense, field investigations require researchers to go to the location of the research object. With the development of the intelligent process and the objective requirements of the management and control measures under the epidemic of new crown pneumonia, replacing field surveys with online interaction has become a new way for field surveys. Hollyt said in the article that although the remote research using online communication as a medium is not applicable to all research projects, the digital communication platform allows many scholars to continue to work without the time and space distance from the research object. This may update people's understanding of field surveys.

Video conferences and other methods make data collection more convenient. The real -time nature of communication is similar to live interviews. It can avoid participants from excessive thinking or answering questions violated. Researchers can also obtain more clues through physical language. In addition, interaction between research objects can be performed. However, some scholars are worried that the lack of coexistence between researchers and research objects can effectively carry out research. In this regard, Hollyt believes that remote research can make researchers and research objects immersion, encourage research targets to actively participate in research, help researchers break the space -time barriers, "embed" research place, and let researchers and research objects together " "Last".

In the study, Hollyt found that in the video conference, the environment of the research object was different, some at home, some outside, and some people moved or briefly left the camera. These subtle things can promote the significance and value of the research place of fixed physical space. In remote research, the position is vague. It is a social significance digital space built by researchers and research objects. It has changed from offline sharing positions to online common "present". Hollyt said that in remote research, research objects can choose places with full security to participate in research, which makes them more relaxed and discuss the environment more freely. The text data collected through remote methods is richer than traditional methods in terms of words and information. In addition, remote research has also reshaped the dynamics of power in field surveys, allowing the research objects to have more initiative and discourse rights, making the relationship between researchers and research objects more equivalent.

Use social science to share intelligent future

Sarah Pink, director of the Emerging Technology Research Laboratory of Monash University in Australia, said in the article "Research Methods on Automation Future" that digital, automated, interconnected equipment, etc. Embedded researchers in infrastructure of research and sharing research results. The rise of these emerging technologies not only requires researchers to accept and adapt to new things, but also means that they want to participate in the dynamic development of the intelligent process, innovate research methodology, and actively respond to new topics and new areas produced under this change. In Pin Ke, in the face of the "future steering" of social sciences, social science researchers have the opportunity to create an influential practice community around this issue of intelligence.

The transition from offline to online has promoted researchers to adjust and innovate. In this regard, Pinke proposed that social science scholars must not only study how others conceive the future, but also pay attention to the relationship between themselves as researchers and intelligent future. Intelligent systems and technology are an important part of people's existing world and future ideas. In order to ensure the common future of human society, it is fair, moral, and responsible. Social science scholars must play a role. Ping Ke believes that life and scientific research activities in the increasingly intelligent world are facing many problems, but a social science and academic community that is both critical, collaborative and open is being established, and it has activated to re -enter the perspective of social science Examine the possibility of human intelligence. The community is inviting practical invitations to researchers in different disciplines and the public.

Stimulate the new vitality of the national spirit research

Martin Berg, a professor at the Department of Computer Science and Media Technology of Sweden, introduced how to use digital technology as a research method in "Digital Technology: A Methodology of Emerging Digital Technology and its Future". Used to inquire and show the future expected by emerging digital technology and technology. Bog said that the concept of digital technology in the academic community has produced a lot of valuable results, but researchers should not only pay attention to social and cultural practices promoted by technology, and should also pay attention to new technologies and the environment behind them. Digital technical records have reference and transformed the methods of nationality, discourse analysis, and content analysis. It is a necessary supplement to study digital nation and nationalism. It does not put human actors in the center. Instead, it regards technology as a "independent individual" that is close to humans and interacts with humans.

When it comes to the relationship between digital technology and national ideas in the general sense, Pog told this reporter that digital technology is not a replacement of the national history, but to turn the focus of the question to how to make emerging technologies become people's lives of people's lives. Part. It will focus on describing the use and experience of emerging technologies to exploring how people participate in the marketing and promotion of digital technology. Therefore, in Pogg's view, digital technology focuses on stories, experiences and needs about emerging technologies, and re -adjusted the national history research methodology, so that researchers have a deep understanding of the advantages and disadvantages of digital technology to human society. Bog said that when we are working hard to understand the complexity of digital media, digital technology has become an indispensable part of the study of contemporary national history. One of the concepts of digital technology is what are the emerging digital technologies that focus on technology companies. Bog noticed that by paying attention to the relevant marketing promotion materials released by the company, you can further understand how technology companies will conceive the future of its technology and how they want people to conceptual coexistence of technology and the audience. Bog believes that digital technology is a supplement to the methodology of traditional ethnic history. It regards emerging technology as the "agent" of the technology itself, rather than simply that they are just artificial products in the current era.

Source: China Social Science Network-Journal of Social Sciences of China

Author: Chen Yutong

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