Dear AOIR colleagues I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling. Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated. All the best Alex ---------------------------------- Dr Alex Lambert Lecturer, Department of Communication and Media Studies Monash University School of Media, Film and Journalism E: alex.lambert@monash.edu <mailto:alex.lambert@monash.edu> P: 0421871933 Rm B4.24 Monash Caulfield
I don’t think 8chan will be your best bet necessarily since the dark web is a large domain that 8chan isn’t necessarily representative of.. On a related note, before you embark on an interview study in this domain, do you have robust security set up for yourself and a way to encrypt the correspondence with your interview subjects? Kat
On Oct 16, 2017, at 3:39 PM, Alex Lambert <alex.lambert@monash.edu> wrote:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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I'd reach out to Whitney Phillips who is an expert in engaging with these communities. Alex --- Sent from phone. Alex Leavitt Facebook Research On Oct 16, 2017 3:49 PM, "Katherine Lo" <kmlo@uci.edu> wrote:
I don’t think 8chan will be your best bet necessarily since the dark web is a large domain that 8chan isn’t necessarily representative of..
On a related note, before you embark on an interview study in this domain, do you have robust security set up for yourself and a way to encrypt the correspondence with your interview subjects?
Kat
On Oct 16, 2017, at 3:39 PM, Alex Lambert <alex.lambert@monash.edu> wrote:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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If interested I can give your email to an associate that claims to venture into the dark web (I'm being careful about my wording as I have not verified their activity myself and am skeptical of anyone making such claims). Recalling from similar research involving drug dealers, the researcher started with one key informant that made introductions to other informants after vetting the researcher. You may have to do the same. A couple cautionary notes, at one point when the informant felt jilted because the researcher couldn't get anymore useful information out of them and moved the research away from him as a focus, he robbed the researcher at gun point. As suggested by Katherine Lo, you may face reprisals for transgressions you aren't even aware of even with the best of intentions or simple maliciousness. Second, the researcher had to take great care to protect his data from law enforcement, only being able to protect it because it was under the domain of a federal grant. Joshua B. Treadway On Mon, Oct 16, 2017 at 6:39 PM, Alex Lambert <alex.lambert@monash.edu> wrote:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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I agree with much of what's been suggested, including about protecting your data and yourself. I would be happy to help. I just wrapped up a book project, titled Weaving the Dark Web, based on participant observation, interviews, and archival work on Tor hidden services, Freenet freesites, and I2P eepsites. The book comes out next fall from MIT. I also recommend the work of Monica Barrett, Alexia Maddox, Rasmus Munksgaard, and Jakob Demant. Regards, Rob On 10/16/2017 04:39 PM, Alex Lambert wrote:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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Wow. This is great. Thanks, Robert ________________________________________ From: Air-L <air-l-bounces@listserv.aoir.org> on behalf of Robert W Gehl <lists@robertwgehl.org> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2017 9:26 PM To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] dark web recruitment I agree with much of what's been suggested, including about protecting your data and yourself. I would be happy to help. I just wrapped up a book project, titled Weaving the Dark Web, based on participant observation, interviews, and archival work on Tor hidden services, Freenet freesites, and I2P eepsites. The book comes out next fall from MIT. I also recommend the work of Monica Barrett, Alexia Maddox, Rasmus Munksgaard, and Jakob Demant. Regards, Rob On 10/16/2017 04:39 PM, Alex Lambert wrote:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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Alex, I'm writing to ask if you have a bibliographical research about dark web and if you'd share it with us... I'd appreciate it! Marcelo da Luz State University of Campinas - Unicamp 2017-10-16 20:39 GMT-02:00 Alex Lambert <alex.lambert@monash.edu>:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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-- Mabatalha
Hi Alex, I've interviewed buyers and sellers at the various cryptomarkets available in the dark web, for my dissertation project. I recruited participants through the market-related online communities. On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 5:16 AM, Mabatalha <mabatalha@gmail.com> wrote:
Alex, I'm writing to ask if you have a bibliographical research about dark web and if you'd share it with us...
I'd appreciate it!
Marcelo da Luz State University of Campinas - Unicamp
2017-10-16 20:39 GMT-02:00 Alex Lambert <alex.lambert@monash.edu>:
Dear AOIR colleagues
I am interested in researching the marginalised or elicit intimacies that form on the Dark Web. I want to begin with some small scale pilot research to orient the focus of the study, using a small group of interview participants. However, as a new-initiate of the Dark Web I am at a total loss as to how to recruit people. I was considering performing online interviews via known affiliate forums such as 8-Chan. However I am concerned that this will just solicit trolling.
Does anyone have any experience in this area? Your help would be much appreciated.
All the best Alex
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