Outline:
- Short article on Method
- Questions/Clarifications
- Online activity data
- Characteristics of the Web as an object of study
- Boundary of the web as a research “field”
- Online and Offline Data
Boundary-specification:
(1) methods as constitutive, rather than reflective (Law, 2004)
(2) “to study social situations on their own terms” (Hine, 2005, p6)
(3) Online and offline data are distinct and mutually exclusive.
