[Air-l] Internet usage patterns of academics and historians

Kylie Veale kylie at veale.com.au
Wed May 12 17:08:36 PDT 2004


Emily,

You may or may not have seen my previous postings on this list, as I have
recently commenced PhD research into the use of the Internet by
genealogists.  

I am interested in a broad range of online interactions by this group of
hobbyists, such as their publishing, transacting, interacting, and
educational usage of the Internet.  I will also be delving into the 'darker'
side of their Internet adoption, such as stolen identities, and the
commercialisation of their amatuer labour/content.

My main data collection for the project will be an online survey of
genealogists in the USA, UK, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada, followed by
some supporting case studies in each area.

More information about my project can be found at www.veale.com.au/phd.

Please contact me should you wish for more information.  I am also currently
writing a paper on the use of the Internet for genealogical education (i.e.
how genealogists learn online to 'do' genealog).

Regards
Kylie Veale

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GradDipInvEnv, MInetStds(Design)
PhD student
 
email:	kylie at veale.com.au  
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-----Original Message-----
From: air-l-admin at aoir.org [mailto:air-l-admin at aoir.org] On Behalf Of Emily
Bliss
Sent: Thursday, 13 May 2004 2:43 AM
To: air-l at aoir.org
Subject: [Air-l] Internet usage patterns of academics and historians

I am doing research for a book about how the Internet can be used as a 
tool to teach about history and to conduct history projects.  
Currently, I am looking for existent research on the Internet usage 
patterns of those interested in history -- professors, students, 
amateur historians, museum enthusiasts, and genealogists.   Does anyone 
know of any studies, research projects, articles, websites, books, etc. 
that might be relevant?  Leads to any general research about Internet 
usage by professors and other academics would also be very helpful.

Thank you so much!

Emily Bliss
Research Assistant
Center for History and New Media
George Mason University
ebliss at gmu.edu






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