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A Methodological Guide for the Study of Online Communities

A Methodological Guide for the Study of Online Communities

Alkistis Dalkavouki
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781668444610|ISBN10: 1668444615|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781668444627|EISBN13: 9781668444634
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch013
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Dalkavouki, Alkistis. "A Methodological Guide for the Study of Online Communities." The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities, edited by Stamatios Papadakis and Alexandros Kapaniaris, IGI Global, 2022, pp. 231-250. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch013

APA

Dalkavouki, A. (2022). A Methodological Guide for the Study of Online Communities. In S. Papadakis & A. Kapaniaris (Eds.), The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities (pp. 231-250). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch013

Chicago

Dalkavouki, Alkistis. "A Methodological Guide for the Study of Online Communities." In The Digital Folklore of Cyberculture and Digital Humanities, edited by Stamatios Papadakis and Alexandros Kapaniaris, 231-250. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2022. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-4461-0.ch013

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Abstract

The chapter will instruct readers into the fundamentals of online social research, filling a vital, instructional gap in the literature. After a summary of the theoretical path towards digital ethnography and a description of the discipline's overall strengths, the chapter will begin a practical breakdown of the research planning and execution processes. This will follow the following steps: preparation and entrée, sample design, quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection, and ethical considerations. All the above will be informed by the researcher's own experience and will be geared towards under- or post-grad anthropology and ethnography students with some experience with online spaces.

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