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  Using Tangler conversation in thesis research (please read!)

  Hi Aurilie!

  A recent Master's Thesis that I acted as an advisor to the researcher on involved surveys and focus group discussions.  The educational institution required that the researcher get an actual release (from each individual participating)... does your's not have a formal presrbed form that would cover this type of request? (You may find it best to nail down with your advisor what the ethics 'rules' are for thesis research in this area to make sure you don't unknowingly do a lot of work that you end up not being able to use!).

  Posted 28 Jun 07

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  35 Perspectives on Online Social Networking

  Social Computing Magazine has published an interesting article on by Malene Charlotte Larson  noting that  "There are many different perspectives to put on online social networking and it is important to know where one is coming from when talking about social networking and youth. The perspective(s) one has will be very different whether one is a parent with a teenage daughter on MySpace, a marketing executive interested in the target group “14 to 20,” a journalist looking for the next big news story on young people and new media, a youngster using a social networking site as part of everyday life or a researcher investigating how young people are using social networking sites. "

   Larson gives thirty-five perspectives on online social networking (not all of which she agrees with, but all ones she has run into in the course of her research) and then she goes on to suggest 6 overarching categories that encompass these views (note that some of the perspectives fit into more than one category but as Larson points out it is important to know where one is coming from when talking about online social networking and youth.)

  Posted 08 Jul 07

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  Updates on thesis advancement and results

  ahhm Richard>.. thems fighting words...

  Posted 29 Jun 07

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  Is it possible to establish trust in a virtual community?

  Provocation :

  Since up to 90% of rich communications (that is face to face) is transmitted by by mechanisms other than the words themselves (intonation, speed, volume,facial expressions <mouth and eyes especially> body-language, etc.) it will never be possible to establish levels of trust in a virtual environment that approach those of 'being there.'

  Posted 24 Jun 07

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  Related groups

  When I was younger I thought seriously of getting a PHD.....

  I figured that with a moniker of Dr. Soul I would have it made whether I wanted to go through life either as a midnight- 6 am radio disc jockey or as a preacher man. 

  Posted 24 Jun 07

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  Are virtual communities really different?

  I don't know about the accruacy of this quote I just came across earlier this evening...... even with the rapid growth of online activity it seems unbelievable to me:

  "1 of every 8 couples married in the U.S. last year met online"

  Posted 16 Jun 07