Virtual Methods
Virtual Methods
Virtual Methods
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11 September 2001, 161, 162<br />
A.L.I.C.E. Foundation, 106n3<br />
academic email address, 55, 65n3, 73, 89<br />
acceptable use policy, 83<br />
action research, 201, 206<br />
Active Worlds, 125<br />
affiliation, 22<br />
aggression, 7<br />
AltaVista, 187<br />
Amerindian identity, 95<br />
ANACAONA, 101, 102, 103, 105<br />
anonymity<br />
of informants, 90<br />
privacy online and, 26, 127<br />
restrictions on research, 78,<br />
self disclosure and, 23, 24, 25, 33, 60, 72<br />
socially desirable responding and, 30, 32<br />
trust and, 55<br />
see also visual anonymity<br />
anthropology, 134, 141, 145, 146, 151, 171<br />
anticipatability, 158, 159, 169<br />
AOL, 83, 173<br />
appropriation, 133, 144<br />
archiving web sites, 158, 159, 163, 166–8,<br />
169<br />
ArcView, 115<br />
Artificial Intelligence Markup Language,<br />
101<br />
Association of Internet Researchers, 5<br />
asynchronous CMC<br />
email interviews, 35, 43, 44, 47, 58, 60, 76<br />
hyperpersonal interaction and, 24<br />
impression management and, 32, 61<br />
newsgroups, 84<br />
audience studies, 132, 140<br />
authenticity, 52–3<br />
automation, 101–3<br />
avatars, 124, 126, 141, 142, 151, 155n2,<br />
156n14<br />
bookmarks, 137<br />
boundaries,<br />
238<br />
Index<br />
definition of study, 134, 142, 147<br />
field site, 188<br />
social groups, 141, 146, 148–9, 150<br />
web sphere, 158, 161–3, 169<br />
branding, 99<br />
Brazil, 142, 154, 156n18<br />
breast cancer, 51–66<br />
Brits in South America, 196n2<br />
broker overload, 94, 100, 101<br />
bulletin board, 24, 58, 68, 73, 83, 140<br />
bystander apathy, 28<br />
Caribbean Amerindian Centerlink (CAC),<br />
93–105<br />
cartography cube, 118–20, 121, 123, 124, 126<br />
CD-ROM, 184<br />
Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies,<br />
133<br />
chat room, 68, 104, 140, 148<br />
chatterbot, 160<br />
see also intelligent agent<br />
Chicago School, 134<br />
circulation, 103–4<br />
citation, 175, 177, 178, 193<br />
context analysis 193<br />
clickstream visualization, 120<br />
Clinton, Bill, 162<br />
cloning, 160<br />
collaboration, 175–6<br />
collaboratories, 176<br />
communication media and research methods,<br />
3<br />
communication science, 171<br />
community, 145, 146, 147<br />
of knowledge production, 184<br />
studies, 134<br />
see also virtual community<br />
computer-supported cooperative work, 69<br />
confidentiality, 26, 90<br />
connectivity, 183, 188–9, 192–5<br />
consent form, 26, 39<br />
consumption of media, 129, 130, 131, 133,<br />
135, 139
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