02107 a2200409 4500 1317065654 20250317111632.0 250312042016GB eng 9781317065654 Taylor & Francis GBP 41.99 BB 01 eng JBCC thema GPS thema JBFH thema GL thema NH thema JHB thema JBSL thema JFC bic GPS bic JFFN bic GL bic H bic JHB bic JFSL bic SOC002010 bisac SOC024000 bisac SOC026000 bisac 302.30285 bisac Alexia Maddox Research Methods and Global Online Communities A Case Study 1 Oxford Routledge 20160303 270 p This book brings into focus the technologically augmented nature of global online communities, advancing research methods that reveal the imprint of emergent social forms and characterise digital frontiers of social engagement. Drawing on insights from across the social sciences, it presents a case study of people with passions for reptiles and amphibians to illustrate for next generation researchers how to conduct community research in the real world. Richly illustrated with ethnographic research, together with extensive survey and interview material drawn from around the world, Research Methods and Global Online Communities explores the changing nature of communities that form around common interests and are embedded in a digital architecture rather than place. In doing so, this book transcends the digital dualism of online/offline models of community and engages with debates on the social impacts of the internet and the adaptive nature of community. As such, it will appeal to social scientists interested in innovative approaches to characterising digital communities through mixed-methods research practice. 6796 6796