[Air-l] Methodological research around blogs

[sop01kj at gold.ac.uk]

Hi everyone

We are researchers at Goldsmiths and associated with INCITE
(www.studioincite.com). We're interested in how blogs are being used for
social research and have found blogs such as
http://becomingananthropologist.blogspot.com/ but very little explicit
discussion about blogs as a methodological tool. One exception is Kris
Cohen’s work and his article in Media, Culture and Society -
http://www.photosleavehome.blogspot.com/ - and Adam Reed’s work -
http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/anthropology/staffprofiles/reed.htm

Does anyone have any recommendations or references which might be helpful
in trying to find out if there is any methodological research around blogs
or photoblogs as ways of collecting data from participants or acting as
fieldwork/visual diaries? And are there any other research groups
interested in this?

Many thanks
Kat Jungickel - PhD Student, Sociology Dept
Vicky Skiftou -  Academic researcher, Sociology Dept
v.skiftou at gold.ac.uk, 0207 9197484