Let’s use this open-access research case to think through the possibilities and potential problems involved with studying blog posts and online discussions.

Researchers can easily access user-generated public videos. See this multidisciplinary collection of open access articles about quantitative and qualitative approaches to collecting and analyzing videos from YouTube or TikTok.

Storytelling has been a part of our shared life since the beginning of time. Story-based research approaches are especially valuable when studying sensitive issues or collecting data with vulnerable participants. In today’s digital world we have new ways to share and collect stories in a research context.

Hashtags offer online researchers ways to identify popular topics, trace viral messages, and locate influential thought leaders. Learn more about how researchers use hashtags with this multidisciplinary collection of open access articles.

Let’s use this open-access research case to think through the possibilities and potential problems involved with studying blog posts and online discussions.

From the moment social media platforms began to welcome user-generated content, researchers have looked for ways to study it. Learn more with open-access articles about social media platforms.

Co-authors share about a topic of decolonial research, privilege, and ethics. They write this piece in two parts, narrating their understanding of the experience and how it relates to power hierarchies and researcher responsibility.

Do you think about research questions as an insider, outsider, or somewhere in between? Why is positionality important in online research?