Hi Ashley, In terms of software for storing / indexing this data I recommend Evernote -- it has 'clip to' functionality from most browsers for sites/blogs/tweets (you can select the text and only copy a particular tweet), 'clip from clipboard' for Mac/Windows so you can copy/paste from anywhere for IRC/other platforms, and easy import of documents/pdf's/text files for interviews. Combine that with a decent category/tag system and I think it provides most of what you need -- I have been using it for my research (ethnography of a virtual gaming environment & associated communities) for some time now. Kind Regards, Darryl Woodford PhD Candidate | Sessional Academic, Creative Industries Faculty Queensland University of Technology On 18 Feb 2012, at 09:06, Ashley Hinck wrote:
Hi all,
Does anyone have a recommendation for software to use for online ethnography? I'm looking for something to organize artifacts from a variety of sources, including websites, tumblrs, forums, tweets, interviews, etc. I don't necessarily need the software to help me analyze data, but need something to help manage artifacts from a variety of sources. I've been following the discussion of how best to archive websites, but I was wondering if there might be software that can integrate data from multiple platforms. I'm trying to construct an archive of the online communication of a particular community that uses multiple platforms.
Any help would be much appreciated. =)
-Ashley
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Ashley Hinck
Teaching Assistant and PhD Student in Rhetoric
Communication Arts Department
The University of Wisconsin-Madison
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