Distance No Object » internet research http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar Gina's E-learning and Digital Cultures site - part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 07 Apr 2013 21:58:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 What is internet research? http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/24/what-is-internet-research/ http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/2013/02/24/what-is-internet-research/#comments Sun, 24 Feb 2013 09:17:59 +0000 Giraf87 http://edc13.education.ed.ac.uk/ginar/?p=1117 Internet research encompasses inquiry that:

(a) utilizes the internet to collect data or information, e.g., through online interviews, surveys,

archiving, or automated means of data scraping;

(b) studies how people use and access the internet, e.g., through collecting and observing

activities or participating on social network sites, listservs, web sites, blogs, games, virtual

worlds, or other online environments or contexts;

(c) utilizes or engages in data processing, analysis, or storage of datasets, databanks, and/or

repositories available via the.

(d) studies software, code, and internet technologies

(e) examines the design or structures of systems, interfaces, pages, and

(f)  employs visual and textual analysis, semiotic analysis, content analysis, or other methods

of analysis to study the web and/or internet-facilitated images, writings, and media forms.

(g) studies large scale production, use, and regulation of the internet by governments,

industries, corporations, and military forces.

 

Ethical Decision-Making and Internet Research: Version 2.0

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