researching the use of social media - by Britta Bohlinger
Blog URL http://britbohlinger.wordpress.com/
Located London, London United Kingdom
Tags blogosphere, ethics, research, methodology, conferences, triangulation, sociology, social media, identity
Exploring online social networks and the blogosphere with a focus on identity formation, the acquisition of social and cultural capital, power - and the plethora of dichotomies which inform the debates. Questioning the taken for granted...
Latest Blog Posts
- recruitment and graduate internet user skills on Nov 21, 2009 in identities real world sociology of the internet business internet user profiles internet user skills recruitment practices
This week I overheard a discussion between a few financial professionals. They threw in their collective knowledge about sushi and Aberdeen, Scotland. Apparently there are no sushi bars in Aberdeen and those folks up in the very North East of our isl...
- challenges, passion – and Higher Education on Nov 19, 2009 in informal learning power social media and education academic practice assessment capacity building flow H808 Moodle openuniversity panopticon passion quality of education reviews spinning teaching skills
I was working on a collaborative project today and made some interesting observations. The university forum was quiet, as so often now. We are six groups of 10 students each, each group works with an allocated associated lecturer. They could potentia...
- using Google Wave: lots of potential on Nov 14, 2009 in online collaboration tools culture of tagging online collaboration online communication realtime reviews
I got an invite to Google Wave some time back and at the moment about half of my 11 contacts in Wave have engaged in some online collaboration. This was predominantly in 1:1 conversation, so very similar to emailing at this point. One major excepti...
- Conference: Affective fabrics of digital cultures, June 2010 on Oct 24, 2009 in conferences
The very interesting looking conference Affective fabrics of digital cultures: feelings,technologies, politics is going to take place on 3-4 June 2010 at the University of Manchester. Plenary speakers are Una Chung (Sarah Lawrence College), Patricia...
- Workshop: Using Creative Methods in Social Research, Dec 2009 on Oct 24, 2009 in conferences
This week, I saw David Gauntlett ’s status update on Facebook linking to the announcement of a 2-day Course on the Use of Creative Methods in Social Research, to be held on 10th and 11th December 2009 at City University in London, supported by...
- ePortfolios evaluated: an imagined case on Sep 30, 2009 in online collaboration tools ePortfolio H808 openuniversity
The evaluation grid below is based on a comparison between 2 ePortfolio systems I have selected on the EduTools website where further systems can be examined. The user I had in mind while working through the provided result (which has been heavily ed...
- Ethical issues in Social Research Projects on Sep 29, 2009 in data collection ethics DT840 openuniversity social research
This short paper discusses ethical issues as embedded in a TV reality show format that provides the [ill-designed] imagined setting for a social psychology-informed research project looking at group dynamics and performance under stress. The core pri...
