Bone, John DavidEmele, Chukwuemeka DavidAbdul, Adeniyi OlugbengaCoghill, George MacLeodPang, Wei2016-03-102016-03-102016-03-02Bone, J D, Emele, C D, Abdul, A O, Coghill, G M & Pang, W 2016, 'The social sciences and the web : From ‘Lurking’ to interdisciplinary ‘Big Data’ research ', Methodological Innovations, vol. 9, pp. 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1177/20597991166306652059-7991ORCID: /0000-0002-1761-6659/work/59923274ORCID: /0000-0002-2047-8277/work/63561535ORCID: /0000-0002-9569-6340/work/111819344http://hdl.handle.net/2164/5657Acknowledgements This research is supported by the award made by the RCUK Digital Economy theme to the dot.rural Digital Economy Hub (award reference: EP/G066051/1) and the UK Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC) (award reference: ES/M001628/1).142145258enginterdisciplinary researchbig dataonline ethicsScottish Independence ReferendumUK General ElectionSocial ScienceComputer ScienceHM SociologyUK Research and Innovation (UKRI)EP/G066051/1Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)ES/M001628/1HMJournal article10.1177/2059799116630665http://mio.sagepub.com/content/9/2059799116630665.full9