Dear colleagues, We wanted to draw your attention to the publication of our special issue on “Big Data Ethics and Politics” in *Social Science Computer Review*. Cheers, Wenhong Chen and Anabel Quan-Haase Introduction: Chen, W., & Quan-Haase, A. (2018). Big Data Ethics and Politics: Toward New Understandings. *Social Science Computer Review*. https://doi.org/10.1177/0894439318810734 1. Potential Biases in Big Data: Omitted Voices on Social Media. Author: Eszter Hargittai. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318788322 2. Artificial Intelligence and Inclusion: Formerly Gang-involved Youth as Domain Experts for Analyzing Unstructured Twitter Data. Authors: William R. Frey, Desmond U. Patton, Michael B. Gaskell, and Kyle A. McGregor. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318788314 3. Constructing a Public Narrative of Regulations for Big Data and Analytics: Results From a Community-Driven Discussion. Authors: James Popham, Jennifer Lavoie, and Nicole Coomber. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318788619 4. Journalists' Use of Social Media to Infer Public Opinion: The Citizen’s Perspective. Authors: Elizabeth Dubois, Anatoliy Gruzd, and Jenna Jacobson. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318791527 5. Big Data and the Illusion of Choice: Comparing the Evolution of India’s *Aadhaar* and China’s *Social Credit System* as Technosocial Discourses. Authors: Saif Shahin and Pei Zheng. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318789343?journalCode=ssce 6. When Digital Trace Data Meet Traditional Communication Theory: Theoretical/Methodological Directions. Authors: Sujin Choi. URL: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0894439318788618?journalCode=ssce Best regards, Anabel --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Quan-Haase Professor Faculty of Information and Media Studies/Department of Sociology Western University SocioDigital.info Recent work: Quan-Haase, A., & Tepperman, L. (2018). Real-life sociology <https://www.amazon.ca/Real-Life-Sociology-Canadian-Anabel-Quan-Haase/dp/0199024693/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1515506698&sr=8-2&keywords=real-life+sociology>. Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press. Sloan, L. & Quan-Haase, A. (Eds.) (2017) *The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods <https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/the-sage-handbook-of-social-media-research-methods/book245370%20>.* London: SAGE .