Urban Digital Ethnography

This longitudinal study examines the intersection of digital technology and urban sociology, focusing on how smartphone apps, social media, and location-based services influence community formation and social interaction patterns in metropolitan areas.

Research Methodology

Through a combination of participant observation, digital trace analysis, and in-depth interviews with urban residents, this research reveals how digital platforms both fragment and connect urban communities in unexpected ways.

# Example code for digital trace analysis
import networkx as nx
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# Create a social network graph
G = nx.Graph()
G.add_edges_from([('User1', 'User2'), ('User1', 'User3'), ('User2', 'User4')])

# Calculate centrality measures
centrality = nx.degree_centrality(G)
print("Centrality measures:", centrality)

# Visualize the network
nx.draw(G, with_labels=True)
plt.title("Urban Digital Social Network")
plt.savefig("network.png")