Research Methods and Global Online Communities: A Case Study

ISBN-13: 9780367598020 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 270 str.

Alexia Maddox

Opis

Richly illustrated with ethnographic research, together with extensive survey and interview material drawn from around the world, Research Methods and Global Online Communities explores the changing nature of communities that form around common interests and are embedded in a digital architecture rather than place. In doing so, this book transcends

Recenzje

’In this book, Alexia Maddox presents a compelling and engaging account of how online communities operate. Not only does she include a thorough overview of previous research, the book also discusses new findings from her own study that extends her insights in exciting ways. It will be of interest both to scholars new to this field and those looking for the latest developments in networked sociability studies.’ Deborah Lupton, University of Canberra, Australia ’This is what a community study looks like in the information age. It is a really rich attempt to ground contemporary debates in research methods appropriate for the digital era in an engaging substantive study of a global community of - what one comes to know as - herpers. Although the specifics of the study are of interest, the real strength of the text is the manner in which lessons about researching global online communities in general are drawn.’ Roger Burrows, Goldsmiths, University of London, UK

Spis treści

List of Figures and Tables

Acknowledgements

Foreword

1 Introduction

Part I T he Study of Global Online Communities

2 C ommunity and Technology

3 T ranscending the Dualism

4 A Methodological Approach for Researching Digital Community

5 S ensitising Quantitative Methods to the Research Population

6 Sensitising Qualitative Methods to the Research Population

Part II Illustrating the Connections between

Research Methods, Concepts and Analysis

7 C ommunity Place

8 S ocial Composition

9 C ommunity Boundaries

10 C ommunity Cohesion

Bibliography

Index

O autorze

Alexia Maddox is Research Officer for Deakin University Library and Sessional Lecturer in Research Methods in the Faculty of Arts and Education at Deakin University, Australia. She also conducts research into the social impacts of cryptomarkets in her role as Research Officer at the National Drug Research Institute, in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Curtin University, where she is supported by funding from the Australian Government under the Substance Misuse Prevention and Service Improvement Grants Fund.