00595nam a2200097Ia 4500080001100000100002000011245007800031260000900109520035900118583002000477  aSerial  aCukier, Kenneth  aThe Rise of big data : how it's changing the way we think about the world  c2013  aLooks at the great volumes of information, i.e. big data,  that is currently available and able to transform how society processes information. Notes that it is characterised by the ability to render into data many aspects of the world that have never been quantified before, viz., datafication of location, words from books, data mined via social media.  c6/3/13kSANDRAW