Computational methods in Communication Presentation

Abstract

The recent increase in data, tools, and processing power available digitally is encouraging the use of computational methods for the study of communication and in the Social Sciences, in general. A phenomenon that open new lines of research and a practical application. For example the understanding of social aspects in current digital contexts; the identification of factors that affect the occurrence of such events; the application of communication strategies, in the study of new meanings of citizen exercise and consumption of users from current digital scenarios; and in the use of new methodologies that until recently were alien to the field of Social and Humanistic Sciences. This special issue attempts to address the central issue of this issue, from some perspectives established by the authors that are part of this issue, in order to contribute to an overview of more relevant approaches and perspectives of applicability of these types of methods to Communication level today.