Need New Methods Text
All, I am looking for a new (one) comprehensive text for an Internet Research Methods course, current title: Inquiry in Internet Communication. Here is the catalog description. "Examines the internet as both a site of and a tool of communication research. Special attention to legal and ethical concerns associated with internet communication research." This is an upper division 4 unit research methods course. I am currently using Hine's "Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet" which is fine but the research is a bit dated (ah, the hell of "everything is dated once it hits the page" for teaching internet/new media anything) and while I use workshops on specific research methods (interviewing, surveys, etc.) I am looking for something more textbook-like with a structured approach. It needs to include both qualitative and quantitative approaches. I get them out collecting and coding data for two projects per semester. Online resources, a convergence approach that includes other media, and a "tool box" theoretical/epistemological approach are a bonus. Lately I have noticed a few coming out, but wanted to tap the collective expertise of the list for some solid recommendations. Feel free to contact me off list, I will (as always) compile and post). Thanks, -TED -- Ted M. Coopman Ph.D. Lecturer Department of Communication Studies San Jose State University http://www.sjsu.edu/people/ted.coopman/
I am not entirely sure what you are looking for in a text book for the class, but as a supplement to any unit you cover I highly recommend Internet Inquiry: Conversations about Method, edited by Annette Markham and Nancy Baym (2009). Each section features a main article and then two responses. Great fodder for class discussions and reflections on projects. Good luck, Dan ------------------------------------ Dan Perkel PhD Candidate School of Information, Berkeley Center for New Media UC Berkeley http://people.ischool.berkeley.edu/~dperkel On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Ted Coopman <ted.coopman@gmail.com> wrote:
All,
I am looking for a new (one) comprehensive text for an Internet Research Methods course, current title: Inquiry in Internet Communication. Here is the catalog description.
"Examines the internet as both a site of and a tool of communication research. Special attention to legal and ethical concerns associated with internet communication research."
This is an upper division 4 unit research methods course. I am currently using Hine's "Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research on the Internet" which is fine but the research is a bit dated (ah, the hell of "everything is dated once it hits the page" for teaching internet/new media anything) and while I use workshops on specific research methods (interviewing, surveys, etc.) I am looking for something more textbook-like with a structured approach. It needs to include both qualitative and quantitative approaches.
I get them out collecting and coding data for two projects per semester.
Online resources, a convergence approach that includes other media, and a "tool box" theoretical/epistemological approach are a bonus.
Lately I have noticed a few coming out, but wanted to tap the collective expertise of the list for some solid recommendations.
Feel free to contact me off list, I will (as always) compile and post).
Thanks,
-TED
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