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Entering the blogosphere: some strategies for using blogs in social research

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posted on 2023-05-16, 22:12 authored by Nicholas HookwayNicholas Hookway
Since 1999 blogs have become a significant feature of online culture. They have been heralded as the new guardians of democracy, a revolutionary form of bottom-up news production and a new way of constructing self and doing community in late-modern times. In this article I highlight the significance of the 'blogosphere' as a new addition to the qualitative researcher's toolkit and some of the practical, theoretical and methodological issues that arise from this. Some of the key ethical issues involved in blog data collection are also considered. The research context is a project on everyday understandings and experiences of morality.

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Publication title

Qualitative Research

Volume

8

Pagination

91-113

ISSN

1468-7941

Department/School

School of Social Sciences

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Place of publication

London

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Copyright 2008 SAGE Publications

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  • Restricted

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Expanding knowledge in language, communication and culture

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