大数据时代的政治现象、研究方法与反思

Politics in the Era of Big Data:Phenomena,Research Methods and Reflections

大数据时代的到来塑造了全新的政治现象。大数据技术在国际发展、政治稳定和公共治理等领域得到了广泛的运用。大数据时代的海量数据需要专门的数据分析和数据挖掘方法,仅就网络政治领域来看,大数据分析方法就包括自动文本分析、社会网络分析、可视化和空间分析。大数据分析方法为网络政治的研究提供了重要的工具和全新的视角。然而,这一分析方法也存在一定的局限性。当人们欢欣鼓舞地迎接大数据时代的到来时,我们也需要对大数据时代的政治生态保持足够的谨慎。当然,我们也应看到大数据给政治变革和政治发展带来的契机。

Big data technology has been widely used in the field of international development, political stability and public governance and thus shapes a new political phenomenon. The massive amounts of data need specialized analyzing and mining methods, including automatic text analysis, social network analysis, visualization and spatial analysis, which provide the important tools and new perspectives for the study of network politics. However, some limitations in this analytical method should be kept sufficient cautious. Of course, we should also see the opportunities that it brings to the political reform and development.