Like Rutter & Smith (although they do not refer to bloggers) - most of those I interviewed "expressed disappointment that they [will] not be personally identified" (Rutter & Smith 2005: 90) RUTTER, J. & G. W. H. SMITH 2005. Ethnographic Presence in a Nebulous Setting. In Virtual Methods. Issues in Social Research on the Internet (ed) C. Hine, 81-92. Oxford: Berg. Hope that helps. Cheers, Julian ++++++++++ Blog: www.julianhopkins.net Twitter: @julianhopkins Skype: julhop -----Original Message----- ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2011 18:37:28 +0100 From: "Mark D. Johns" <mjohns@luther.edu> To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: [Air-L] by-lines for online data Message-ID: <CAHKCqnAa_fwjcg_8JbJhX12f4azkix+akioY69AfT9jSU2MOmA@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I know there have been instances in which persons observed in online research have not wished to be anonymous, but rather have insisted on having their online writing cited and credited to them as authors. But for the life of me I can't recall a reference in scholarly literature for this phenomenon. Would anyone be willing to provide one? Thanks! -- Mark D. Johns, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Communication Studies Luther College, Decorah, Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------- 2011-12 Director, Luther Study Centre 23 Haslemere Road Nottingham NG8 5GJ United Kingdom ----------------------------------------------- "Get the facts first. You can distort them later." ? ? ---Mark Twain