Digital Research Methods Guide

This guide provides an overview of four common methods used in digital research. It was drafted by graduate students at Texas A&M University in the Fall 2015 COMM 663-Digital Research Methods class: Fei Fei Chen, Steven Dezort, Vicki Heath, Rhema Linder, Nesrine Mansour, Forrest Rule, Victoria Stiegel & Yikai David Zhao.

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Digital Ethnography
by Forrest Rule & Victoria Stiegel

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Data Mining
by Vicki Heath & Steven Dezort

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Text Mining
by Fei Fei Chen & Yikai David Zhao

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Social Network Analysis & Visualization
by Nesrine Mansour & Rhema Linder