Internet Communication as a Tool for Qualitative Research
Research Method 1
Running head: Research Problem and Method Paper
Internet Communication as a Tool for Qualitative Research Research Problem and Method Paper Abstract:
While calloborating on the research community, the World Wide Web has opened a different perspective and provides access for data collection. The Internet user can now engage in research on a world-wide, " low cost, almost instantaneous scale - and in ways which potentially overcome some of the barriers imposed by more conventional research approaches." However, this idealistic view some what obscures both methodological and ethical difficulties that have become apparent throughout this research. When difficulties such as this particular argument being left unchecked, they may serve to undermine the use of the Internet as a tool for social research. The primary aim of this paper is to expose these difficulties and thus provide a different scope of the discourse in which the Internet surrounds.
Research Method 2
Research Problem and Method Paper Introduction:
In a popular chatroom space of an online community, one member decided to use a program in which controlled the text-based actions of two females present in the room. "He then proceeded to write acts of violation involving these women, while they were powerless to do anything except turn off their computers, except their online characters continued to be violated online in front of many other people." This particular event had serious repercussions for the women violated and the community in general. The primary aim of this paper is to contribute to the debates concerning women and their use of the Internet as a tool used to engage in unwanted activities displayed
Running head: Research Problem and Method Paper
Internet Communication as a Tool for Qualitative Research Research Problem and Method Paper Abstract:
While calloborating on the research community, the World Wide Web has opened a different perspective and provides access for data collection. The Internet user can now engage in research on a world-wide, " low cost, almost instantaneous scale - and in ways which potentially overcome some of the barriers imposed by more conventional research approaches." However, this idealistic view some what obscures both methodological and ethical difficulties that have become apparent throughout this research. When difficulties such as this particular argument being left unchecked, they may serve to undermine the use of the Internet as a tool for social research. The primary aim of this paper is to expose these difficulties and thus provide a different scope of the discourse in which the Internet surrounds.
Research Method 2
Research Problem and Method Paper Introduction:
In a popular chatroom space of an online community, one member decided to use a program in which controlled the text-based actions of two females present in the room. "He then proceeded to write acts of violation involving these women, while they were powerless to do anything except turn off their computers, except their online characters continued to be violated online in front of many other people." This particular event had serious repercussions for the women violated and the community in general. The primary aim of this paper is to contribute to the debates concerning women and their use of the Internet as a tool used to engage in unwanted activities displayed
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