Hello, Well-said. Formerly it was standard pedagogy in teaching research methods to show students how to identify the the indexing terms (vocabulary) used by search tools, e.g. library cataloging systems and dabatases (pre-Google). That's how a researcher identified the limitations of any single tool's scope as well as alternative research terms. It's still good practice and adaptive to today's search tools and information capture devices. To learn how, maybe ask a reference librarian. Catherine F. Smith Professor (retired) English, East Carolina University Composition and Cultural Rhetoric, Syracuse University ________________________________________ From: Air-L [air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org] on behalf of Janet Sternberg [janet.sternberg@nyu.edu] Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2016 10:53 AM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Please Cite Women Academics Greetings, Limited research skills/efforts are often as much to blame as gender bias in failure to cite relevant work. For example, academics and journalists (including women) writing about online harassment rarely cite my 2001 dissertation and 2012 book, "Misbehavior in Cyber Places: The Regulation of Online Conduct in Virtual Communities on the Internet." Researchers who only search for "trolling" or "troll" will likely miss my work on misbehavior because they don't search broader terms like "online conduct." Just a few decades ago, researchers were encouraged to look for a variety of synonymous terms in order to uncover relevant related work, but nowadays folks tend to search rather specific terms, and if they don't find exact matches, they seem to assume no other relevant research exists. Of course, gender bias continues to be a problem, but it's not the only reason relevant academic work gets neglected. Janet Sternberg, PhD http://about.me/JanetPhD Media scholar & author of book: Misbehavior in Cyber Places http://misbehaviorincyberplaces.tumblr.com On 02/23/2016 12:57 PM, Gabriella "Biella" Coleman wrote:
Hi all,
I am posting this very interesting blog post on behalf of its author Meryl Alper (who is changing email addresses and can't post here right now). It raises all sorts of vital questions about the erasure of women's academic work in tech reporting. The comments too are quite lively and worth taking a read:
https://merylalper.com/2016/02/22/please-read-the-article-please-cite-women-...
All best, Gabriella
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