[Air-L] [External] Re: Help with digital ethnography & early Internet history

Fri Feb 7 12:12:33 PST 2020

Friends,

On the history side, Hiltz & Turoff's Network Nation may be helpful, as
might Communities in Cyberspace by Kollock & Smith.

Hope this helps, Peter

*Peter Joseph Gloviczki, Ph.D.*

*Head, Cultural and **Critical Studies Division, AEJMC      *

*1st Vice President, Carolinas Communication Association*

*Associate Professor of Communication, Coker University*

*p* 843-383-8379  |  *e* pgloviczki at coker.edu
300 E. College Ave. |  Hartsville, SC
coker.edu  |  cokercobras.com

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On Fri, Feb 7, 2020 at 2:26 PM Ferrier, Michelle P. <
michelle.ferrier at famu.edu> wrote:

> Hi Alexis,
>
> I'm a researcher on digital ethnography and I also am the founder of
> TrollBusters, online protection for journalists. I think you are right to
> have concerns about your own identity as well as the effects of data
> compromise of the cloud platforms that might put your respondents at risk.
>
> Have you thought about data storage and end-to-end encryption of the data
> to shore up vulnerabilities? Have you created redundant data collection
> receptacles to minimize tampering? Have you baked in GDPR restrictions and
> limited access to those who you may not be able to serve under GDPR
> guidelines?
>
> Just some questions to ask as you move forward.
>
> Sincerely,
> Michelle Ferrier
>
> “We do not need magic to change the world, we carry all the power we need
> inside ourselves already: we have the power to imagine better.” ― J.K.
> Rowling Michelle P Ferrier, Ph.D.
> Dean and Professor, School of Journalism & Graphic Communication
> Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University
> T: 850-599-3379
> Michelle.ferrier at famu.edu
> Twitter: @mediaghosts
> Founder, Troll-Busters.com <http://www.troll-busters.com/>
> Principal Investigator, The Media Deserts Project (www.mediadeserts.com <
> http://www.mediadeserts.com>)
> Project Director: The Media Seeds Project (ZipIt.News <
> http://www.zipit.news/>)
> 2018 Innovative Journalism Educator (MediaShift <
> http://mediashift.org/2018/01/edshift20-honoring-innovative-journalism-educators-2017/
> >)
>
>
> On 2/7/20, 11:01 AM, "Air-L on behalf of Sonja Solomun" <
> air-l-bounces at listserv.aoir.org on behalf of sonja.solomun at mail.mcgill.ca>
> wrote:
>
>     This email originated outside of Florida A&M University. If you think
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>     ________________________________
>
>
>     Hi Alexis,
>
>     Fascinating project — re: #1 anything and everything by Mar Hicks <
> https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmarhicks.com%2Fwriting.html&data=02%7C01%7C%7Cfc0766188a6d4aa6678808d7abe6fbbe%7C2526db3cd5034dfea0e60c41a20b52d2%7C0%7C1%7C637166880876061689&sdata=k0ukWwnng2XCGN1g%2FygN377EUa5vbdq88cNvuIxAgdk%3D&reserved=0
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>
>     Good luck!
>
>
>
>     Sonja Solomun
>     PhD Communication Studies
>     McGill University
>     Research Fellow
>     Max Bell School of Public Policy
>     McGill University
>     sonja.solomun at mcgill.ca<mailto:sonja.solomun at mcgill.ca>
>     514-291-2711
>     @sonja_solomun
>
>     On Feb 7, 2020, at 10:40 AM, Alexis De Coning <
> Alexis.DeConing at colorado.edu<mailto:Alexis.DeConing at colorado.edu>> wrote:
>
>     Hi AIR folks,
>
>     Long-time follower, first-time emailer! I'm a PhD candidate in Media
>     Studies at the University of Colorado Boulder. I study the men's rights
>     movement, using interviews, ethnography, archival research, and textual
>     analysis. I'm currently looking at both pre-digital and digital
> materials,
>     and trying to unpack how the movement "came online" around the 1990s.
> I'm
>     reaching out to elicit some advice, recommendations, and help with a
> few
>     challenges I'm encountering:
>
>     1. Can anyone recommend good sources on early Internet history,
>     particularly with regards to gender? I'm especially interested in how
> and
>     when "regular" people started to adopt Internet technologies. I've
> found
>     some interesting evidence in print materials from the early 1990s that
> show
>     men's rights activists transitioning to online spaces, but I'd like to
>     historicize and contextualize what I'm seeing.
>
>     2. I'd like to start doing some "digital ethnography" via Twitter. My
>     university's IRB liaison suggested I build a simple webpage where I can
>     explain my research, have my consent form, etc. and link to it in my
>     Twitter profile/tweets to meet IRB's standards for consent with human
>     subjects. However, given the population I study, I'm concerned about
>     personal safety, doxxing, harassment, etc. I don't want to be
> paranoid, but
>     I also don't want to be naive about putting my personal information
> into
>     the digital sphere via an easily-hackable webpage. Any advice or
>     recommendations on digital security or how to go about digital
> ethnography
>     with "difficult" populations be most appreciated.
>
>     Thanks and best regards,
>     Lexi de Coning
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