Research Methods for Urban Planning in the Digital Age

2012 ◽  
pp. 1-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlos Nunes Silva
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Methodological Procedures ◽  
Human Participants ◽  
Online Research Methods

The chapter provides an overview of online research methods for urban and planning research. In examining different digital technologies and Web-based research methods, applied in different stages of the research process, in particular during data acquisition and data analysis, the chapter discusses critical differences and similarities between conventional paper-and-pencil research settings and online research environments. In this outline, the chapter addresses methodological procedures and ethical concerns in research conducted online with respondents or human participants, and ends looking to future directions for online research methods in the field of urban and planning studies.

Ethical Considerations in Online Research Methods

2012 ◽  
pp. 394-408
Author(s):  
Harsh Suri ◽  
Fay Patel
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Identity Representation ◽  
Online Data Collection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Research Methods

Online research methods are gaining popularity in several disciplines as they offer numerous opportunities that were not feasible before. However, online research methods also present many challenges and complexities that give rise to ethical dilemmas for online researchers and research participants. This chapter discusses key ethical considerations in the four stages of the research process: research design, online data collection methods, data analysis methods, and online communication of research outcomes. Issues of power, voice, identity, representation, and anonymity in online research are discussed. The relationship between information and power and its implications for equity in online research is also examined. Rather than providing prescriptive recommendations, the authors use questioning as a strategic device to foster critical awareness and ethically informed decision-making among online researchers.

Ethical Considerations in Online Research Methods

2019 ◽  
pp. 646-661
Author(s):  
Harsh Suri ◽  
Fay Patel
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Online Communication ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Ethical Considerations ◽  
Online Data ◽  
Identity Representation ◽  
Online Data Collection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Online Research Methods

Online research methods are gaining popularity in several disciplines as they offer numerous opportunities that were not feasible before. However, online research methods also present many challenges and complexities that give rise to ethical dilemmas for online researchers and research participants. This chapter discusses key ethical considerations in the four stages of the research process: research design, online data collection methods, data analysis methods, and online communication of research outcomes. Issues of power, voice, identity, representation, and anonymity in online research are discussed. The relationship between information and power and its implications for equity in online research is also examined. Rather than providing prescriptive recommendations, the authors use questioning as a strategic device to foster critical awareness and ethically informed decision-making among online researchers.

scholarly journals Doing Internet research with hard-to-reach communities: methodological reflections on gaining meaningful access

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 927-944
Author(s):  
Mareile Kaufmann ◽  
Meropi Tzanetakis
Keyword(s):  
Digital Technologies ◽  
Drug Market ◽  
Internet Research ◽  
Social Embeddedness ◽  
Online Research ◽  
Methodological Challenge ◽  
Cultural Codes ◽  
The Social ◽  
Human Participants ◽  
Collaborative Efforts

This article contributes to scholarship on digital sociology by addressing the methodological challenge of gaining access to hard-to-reach online communities. We use assemblage theory to argue how collaborative efforts of human participants, digital technologies, techniques, authorities, cultural codes and the human researcher co-determine aspects of gaining access to online subjects. In particular, we analyse how credibility and reflexivity are assembled in an online research context. This is exemplified by our own experiences of researching hackers that dispute surveillance and the social embeddedness of darknet drug market users. In this article, we demonstrate the utility of an assemblage perspective for understanding the complexities involved in negotiating access to hard-to-reach communities in digital spaces.

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