Researching Dgtl Life Orientations, Methods and Practice by James Ash

We now live in a world where all aspects of everyday life are thoroughly mediated by dgtl technologies. Making sense of dgtl life is accordingly an essential undertaking for social science and humanities scholars.

This multidisciplinary book provides an essential guide to researching dgtl life:

• Orienting readers with respect to methodologies, research design, and research ethics.
• Detailing key research methods, including interviews, surveys, ethnographies, walking methodologies, arts-based and participatory approaches, historical analysis, data visualisation, mapping and data analytics.
• Demonstrating these methods in action in real-world studies that have investigated apps and interfaces, social and locative media, mobilities, smart cities, and dgtl labour and work.

The authors provide:

- Non-Eurocentric perspectives and case studies from diverse disciplines

- Annotated further reading to help you situate your research alongside existing research in your field

- An outline of future directions for researching dgtl life.

Accessible in style and richly illustrated, the chapters provide a wealth of key insights and practical information to ensure research projects are successfully planned and implemented.