I’ve installed the new version of NVivo, which looks a whole lot better than the clunky old version I had before. It still feels like a development version, though. Any researcher who worked with it for ten minutes would have given them a range of ideas for the Beta version. Particularly the Help element. There’s […]
Right, I’ve pulled my data to pieces, word by word. Not sure how useful that was. Time wil tell. Now I’ve read through the majority of my notes for the last six months, and I’ve made a list of ways to come at this data. I’ve listed them below so I won’t lose them. Questions […]
I’m still puzzling over the big issue for Internet community research ethics. Is what we see online a virtual identity,which should be treated according to the ethical standards of human subject research, or is it published text, in which case the relevant ethical standards relate to copyright and acknowledgement? Quentin Jones article on cyber settlements […]
I’m trying to decide whether the words in my conference are embodied or not. It’s surprisingly difficult. Is Santa embodied? What about heavens? Or mind? I’m writing this, so is writing embodied? The distinction between virtual and real isn’t very clear when you come to think of it. I guess all abstract nouns are virtual: […]