[Air-l] online ethnography

['Gail Taylor]

In doing readings, I'm finding that some ethnographic studies are more representative of action research. These are the studies where researchers are intentionally doing and saying things to produce changes in actions among members of online communities. A good starting point for exploring action research is Stringer's book. It might also be helpful to take a look at articles that are reporting the findings of action research studies that have been conducted in school, work, and various community settings. Chisholm and Elden's article is a good starting point for this exploration, as well as popular works of Argyris and Schon.

Stringer, E. T. (2007). Action Research (3rd Ed.). Los Angeles: Sage Publications.

Chisholm. R. F., & Elden, M. (1993). Features of emerging action research. Human Relations, 46 (2), 275-298.

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Gail D. Taylor, M.Ed.
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Human Resource Education Ph.D. Student
Educational Psychology Teaching Assistant
Library & Information Science Research Assistant

"Technology enables man to gain control
over everything except technology." -- 
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