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<DIV><SPAN class=498065712-16072003>You should be able to find some useful
information and resources (generally from a UK perspective, however) on the
Politics subsection of the Learning and Teaching Support Network's
Sociology, Anthropology and Politics subject centre at <A
href="http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/politics.htm">http://www.c-sap.bham.ac.uk/politics.htm</A>.</SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=498065712-16072003>Best wishes</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=498065712-16072003>Rowin</SPAN></DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> air-l-admin@aoir.org
[mailto:air-l-admin@aoir.org]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Kenneth
Cousins<BR><B>Sent:</B> 16 July 2003 13:41<BR><B>To:</B>
air-l@aoir.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Air-l] IT and political science
research<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hello, all. I am hoping the community here may be able to help me
understand the extent to which information technologies (IT) are being used in
Political Science research and teaching. My colleagues rarely use
computers for anything other than word processing or statistical analysis; by
documenting the breadth of IT-usage in research and teaching, I hope to begin
persuading some of them to be more creative with these technologies.</DIV>
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<DIV>With this in mind, I am seeking citations to published research which
presents a new, IT-based approach, along the following (or additional) modes
of inquiry or analysis: </DIV>
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<DIV>* Surveying (e.g., dynamic or internet-based)<BR>* Interviewing (e.g.,
digital recording, e-mail)<BR>* Focus-groups (e.g., instant messaging, "chat
rooms")<BR>* Internet media (e.g., usenets, weblogs, websites)<BR>*
Traditional media (distributed electronically)<BR>* Process tracing, cognitive
mapping <BR>* Experiments / simulations<BR>* Socio-economic mapping (e.g.,
GIS, GAP analysis)<BR>* Content / textual analysis (e.g., lexical, syntactic,
semantic)<BR>* Code and retrieve<BR>* Boolean analysis (i.e., discrete or
fuzzy-set)<BR>* Theory-building (mapping relationships via hyperlinks,
Forester diagramming)</DIV>
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<DIV>Any and all help will be greatly appreciated. I am willing to
provide a compiled bibliography to interested parties.</DIV>
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<DIV>Regards,</DIV>
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<DIV>Ken Cousins<BR>Harrison Program on the Future Global Agenda<BR>Department
of Government and Politics<BR>University of Maryland, College Park<BR>T: (301)
405-4133<BR>C: (301) 758-4490<BR>F: (301) 314-7619<BR><A
href="mailto:kcousins@gvpt.umd.edu">kcousins@gvpt.umd.edu</A></DIV>
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<DIV>"The important thing is not to stop questioning. <BR>Curiosity has its
own reason for existing."<BR> Albert
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