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Publication Date: 2023
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Rebuilding Cyber-Archaeology: A New Qualitative Process
Atkinson, Joshua D.; Dorr, Matthew; Pedasanaganti, Vamsi; Sharma, Shudipta
Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, v17 n2 p99-112 2023
The framework of cyber-archaeology was developed by Jones (1997, 2003) and later modified by Zimbra et al. (2010) to examine online networks and virtual communities. Since the modification, the method has fallen out of favor and is no longer utilized by qualitative researchers. To rebuild the method for qualitative research, we engaged in four steps of cyberarchaeology for other scholars to replicate. The steps included: (1) research planning (seeking out primary, secondary, and auxiliary documents); (2) slow crawling through virtual settlements, which involved closely reading sites and coding for general characteristics (e.g., interactive vs. intertextual); (3) refining coding for specific categories that address the research question (e.g., types of interactivity and accessibility); and (4) searching for patterns in the data and collecting descriptive data through qualitative content analysis.
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Interdisciplinary Approach, Archaeology, Computer Science, Research Design, Coding, Data Analysis, Data Collection, Content Analysis, Internet
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