Network action research Export

@article{citeulike:2536360, abstract = {Current literature stresses the significance of networks and network theory in both social as well as technical domains. Not only is the role of networked technologies (such as mobile phones and the internet) in everyday life being scrutinized, but network theory is re-shaping an understanding of how social change and community interaction occurs. In this article, I build on these developments to propose network action research as a methodological variant of the action research family. I propose that network action research is a timely and appropriate research methodology to guide studies that involve people, place and technology and to meet the challenges that stem from the changing nature of community interaction and social formations within a network society. I outline how technology can be used to operationalize and support network action research. Examples from two case studies are used to illustrate key aspects of the methodology. 10.1177/1476750306063992}, author = {Foth, Marcus}, citeulike-article-id = {2536360}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750306063992}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arj.sagepub.com/content/4/2/205.abstract}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://arj.sagepub.com/content/4/2/205.full.pdf}, citeulike-linkout-3 = {http://arj.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/4/2/205}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1177/1476750306063992}, journal = {Action Research}, keywords = {0\_action\_research, 0\_methodology, 0\_networks}, month = {June}, number = {2}, pages = {205--226}, posted-at = {2009-11-09 08:33:03}, priority = {2}, title = {Network action research}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750306063992}, volume = {4}, year = {2006} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2536360 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2536360 N2 - Current literature stresses the significance of networks and network theory in both social as well as technical domains. Not only is the role of networked technologies (such as mobile phones and the internet) in everyday life being scrutinized, but network theory is re-shaping an understanding of how social change and community interaction occurs. In this article, I build on these developments to propose network action research as a methodological variant of the action research family. I propose that network action research is a timely and appropriate research methodology to guide studies that involve people, place and technology and to meet the challenges that stem from the changing nature of community interaction and social formations within a network society. I outline how technology can be used to operationalize and support network action research. Examples from two case studies are used to illustrate key aspects of the methodology. 10.1177/1476750306063992 IS - 2 JF - Action Research EP - 226 TI - Network action research VL - 4 SP - 205 KW - 0_action_research KW - 0_methodology KW - 0_networks AU - Foth, Marcus PY - 2006/06/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1476750306063992 ER -