In my field of critical discourse analysis there is an ongoing discussion about it being both a method and a methodology. Therefore a lack of differentiation between the two is likely to cause problems in both research discussions and in writing. I'm sure that CDA would not be the only area where this applies. I vote for the maintenance of the original - I guess I am a traditionalist at heart! Regards Phillippa Philippa K Smith PhD Candidate Institute of Culture, Discourse & Communication AUT University Auckland NEW ZEALAND
Barry Wellman <wellman@chass.utoronto.ca> 9/02/2010 12:11 p.m. >>> I'm with Marj Kibby, but I've almost given up fighting against the misuse of "Methodology" for "Method"
Most of use 1 or more Methods Only a few of us study the development or evaluation of better Methods: Methodology. Methodology is pretentious. But so many people have used it to mean Method(s), that it's become widely and unconsciously imitated. Let us henceforth use our Methods with cheer, pride and self-awareness. And my hat's off to those intrepid few Methodologists who study, evaluate and develop new Methods. Barry Wellman _______________________________________________________________________ S.D. Clark Professor of Sociology, FRSC NetLab Director Department of Sociology 725 Spadina Avenue, Room 388 University of Toronto Toronto Canada M5S 2J4 twitter:barrywellman http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman fax:+1-416-978-3963 Updating history: http://chass.utoronto.ca/oldnew/cybertimes.php _______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ The Air-L@listserv.aoir.org mailing list is provided by the Association of Internet Researchers http://aoir.org ( http://aoir.org/ ) Subscribe, change options or unsubscribe at: http://listserv.aoir.org/listinfo.cgi/air-l-aoir.org Join the Association of Internet Researchers: http://www.aoir.org/