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Bringing a genre into being : Instant Messenger cooperative development /

This case study provides an overview of a 5-year-long PhD project that examines the generic features and moves that exist in Instant Messenger Cooperative Development sessions. The case describes the ins and outs of collecting computer-mediated communication data and the issues one needs to consider...

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Main Author: Boon, Andrew (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: [Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:
Telematics > Research > Case studies.
Research > Case studies.
Recherche > Études de cas.
Research
Telematics > Research
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Case studies
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This case study provides an overview of a 5-year-long PhD project that examines the generic features and moves that exist in Instant Messenger Cooperative Development sessions. The case describes the ins and outs of collecting computer-mediated communication data and the issues one needs to consider when transcribing the data. It then explains the researcher's particular methods for coding data, building categories, and creating a generic model of a prototypical online session. Finally, it highlights some of the problems the researcher experienced in the course of the research project.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9781473950054
1473950058