How to Think about Digital Research

This chapter contains sections titled: Research Methods as a Creative Act, Two Forms of Transformation in Digital Media Research, The Internet as Instrument, The Relationship Between Instrument and Theory, The Internet as an Object of Study, The Internet as an Exceptional New Object, The Internet Transforms Traditional Methods, Notes, References

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