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Breaching Experiments on Facebook

Breaching Experiments on Facebook

Breaching Experiments Two recent events on my Facebook newsfeed made me think of breaching experiments, and what their possible value would be within the context of research on (relatively) new online social environments. The breaching experiment is a research...
By Alain on 10/19/12 Comments Off on Breaching Experiments on Facebook

“Ask Me, Ask Me, Ask Me” – Formspring: Asking, Answering and Telling the Truth.

Social networking sites allow a user to have all the combined knowledge of their social groups at their fingertips. It is no wonder that the Facebook status tool, for example, has been re-appropriated for question asking purposes. Even outside...
By Liam Voice on 10/03/11 3

Towards a methodology for Web-based investigative reporting

This article discusses the implementation of new online methods in the field of investigative journalism. The development and nature of investigative reporting are shortly discussed before turning to the ways Internet research is conducted in the field of new...
By Jelle Kamsma on 04/03/10 3