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Proposed Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis in the Study of News-Oriented Virtual Communities

Proposed Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis in the Study of News-Oriented Virtual Communities

William J. Gibbs, Joseph E. McKendrick
Copyright: © 2011 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781609600402|ISBN10: 1609600401|EISBN13: 9781609600419
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2.ch034
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Gibbs, William J., and Joseph E. McKendrick. "Proposed Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis in the Study of News-Oriented Virtual Communities." Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena, edited by Ben Kei Daniel, IGI Global, 2011, pp. 568-584. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2.ch034

APA

Gibbs, W. J. & McKendrick, J. E. (2011). Proposed Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis in the Study of News-Oriented Virtual Communities. In B. Daniel (Ed.), Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena (pp. 568-584). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2.ch034

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Gibbs, William J., and Joseph E. McKendrick. "Proposed Techniques for Data Collection and Analysis in the Study of News-Oriented Virtual Communities." In Handbook of Research on Methods and Techniques for Studying Virtual Communities: Paradigms and Phenomena, edited by Ben Kei Daniel, 568-584. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2011. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60960-040-2.ch034

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Abstract

News providers today offer interactive sources that engage people, enable them to build community, and to participate in the news. At the same time, the digital interfaces through which people access the news are continuingly evolving, diverse, and oftentimes visually complex. How these factors shape human information seeking in news-oriented virtual communities is a relatively new area of study and therefore greater understanding of their influence on human behavior is of much practical value. In this chapter, the authors explore trends and developments in news-oriented virtual communities. They review several data collection and analysis techniques such as content analysis, usability testing and eye-tracking and propose that these techniques and associated tools can aid the study of news communities. They examine the implications these techniques have for better understanding human behavior in virtual communities as well as for improving the design of these environments.

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