At 16:25 7-3-01 -0000, Joanne Lacey wrote:
>Can anybody recommend reading that addresses the methodological issues of
>using the internet for qualitative research, a text that also gives a feel
>for the different ways in which the internet is being/has been used for
>qualitative research in the arts/humanities/social sciences. My specific
>research is on films and fandom.
You might consult Christine Hine, Virtual ethnography, Sage Publications 2000
And there is a lot on these topic on the internet, of course, check out
Frank Schaaps pages at: http://fragment.nl/resources/
On fandom Nancy Byam has done good work, see her book
Nancy Baym, Tune In, Log On: Soaps, Fandom and Online Community. Thousand
Oaks:
SAGE
Best, Paul
Paul ten Have, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology & Anthropology,
Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, University of Amsterdam.
O.Z. Achterburgwal 185, 1012 DK Amsterdam, the Netherlands
http://www.pscw.uva.nl/emca/index.htm
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