On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Dr. Paul B. Williams
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> I have been enjoying this thread on blogging and am amazed at how many
> colleagues are using this medium.
>
> The thread got me thinking about issues associated with the critical use of
> blogsites as sources of primary research data. I am beginning to use
> blogsites associated with places, meanings and sense of identity in my own
> research. I have collected a number of these - not generally academic blogs
> - over the last couple of years with an interest not only in the blog itself
> but also opinions/ views within the accompanying commentaries. I am aware of
> the concerns about objectivities/ subjectivities associated with such sites,
> but I do think they give a snapshot in time.
>
> So, has anyone else been mining such sites for data? If so, what issues have
> you encountered? Have you come across any literature about their use in
> geographical research?
I've not (but am curious).
I gather people in the "Digital Humanities" world might have something
to say on this. Dan Cohen has an extensive list on Twitter:
<http://twitter.com/dancohen/digitalhumanities>
I'm more curious about mining twitter data, but haven't figured out a
productive way to do that.
Bruce
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