A compilation of scholarly articles, representative of various research theories, congregate in Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues. The collection highlights electronic writings influence on research by providing methodological and ethical perspectives. Each article provides an innovative rationale in the electronic writing research realm, relating to digital documents, digital production, and digital communication. Additionally, each article attempts to provide plausible solutions to the complexities of digital writing research while integrating further queries. The metamorphosis of writing inspired by digitization in professional and personal environments, influenced the creation of Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issue. The lack of methodological and ethical exploration toward digital writing was a contributing factor as well.
The compilation is divided into five sections. The articles in section one examine the techniques (advantages and disadvantages) of digital research. Banks and Eble provide an overview of Institutional Review Boards and address the intricate nature of IRBs. The authors provide IRB inquiry scenarios as way of presenting the difficulties of human participant protection (and beyond) in digital environments. DePew purposes a multiple method system (triangulation) in his article. He provides a rationale for utilizing a heterogeneous methodology to study discourse. Sidler examines the scavenger (analyzes various texts) and gazer (externalizing subjects) researcher roles. In her article, she discusses the benefits and ethical complexities of online research.
Section two articles represent universal research theories. Sapienza reflects on his research in Russian virtual communities and use it as a basis to suggest online research ethos intertwined with technologist, cultural-competency, and scholar community memberships. Pandey’s article presents the advantages and disadvantages of postnational digital writing research. The article concludes by providing a rationale for postnational based ethics in research for literacy understanding purposes. Smith provides a methodological and ethical analysis of research interactions in international virtual environments. She concludes by providing ethnography-based suggestions for future acclimation.
The articles in section three represent digitization’s influence on action-situated research. Hart-Davidson discusses the time-use diary research method and its impact on digital writing. He outlines the methodological advantages and disadvantages of utilizing the record-keeping method and provides use-based research suggestions. Addison examines mobile electronics affect on literacy research by providing examples from previous studies. Geisler and Slattery discuss video screen captures ability to provide a detailed record of the digital writing process.
The fourth section moves toward electronic text and multimodal research. Blythe examines the coding process of digital data. In his article, he discusses the process complexities, and possibilities of this activity. Hilligoss and Williams review various research techniques used for visual designations. The authors conclude by providing recommendations for visual text production for appropriation in the digital world. Romberger suggests the integration of feminism and ecology into digital writing. In her article, she reflects on her Microsoft Word research to substantiate her theory. Kimme Hea examines the challenges of web research in relation to social space, mutability, information and data interaction, and visual atmospheres. She concludes by discussing the ethical aspect of web research for current reevaluation purposes. McIntire-Strasburg article focuses on multimedia’s advantages and disadvantages. She provides recommendations for equitable multimedia research.
Section Five addresses the multitudinous dimension of digital writing research. Blair and Tulley reflect on an inquiry-based study that examined the digital literacy practices of young women. The authors discuss ethics, feminism, digital writing, and authorship. They conclude by describing digital researchers multimodal capabilities. Lopez, Burnett, and Chandler discuss the interaction process of collaborative researchers with diverse mechanical practices. The authors reflect on their videogames literacy study, and use the content to further describe research practices as a whole. Hawkes discusses the complexity of digital writing research. She references researcher/participant-based personal information, electronic records, and online governmental surveillance. She concludes by providing researcher protection advice. Reilly and Eyman discuss the need for analytical electronic citation methods for digital documents. The authors discuss diverse citation methodologies, deviating from the norm, to assist future researchers. Rickly argues the case for rhetorical research integration into graduate writing courses.
Each article provides a platform for future methodological and ethical investigation in the digital writing research realm.
McKee, Heidi A., and Dànielle Nicole. DeVoss. Digital Writing Research: Technologies, Methodologies, and Ethical Issues. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton, 2007. Print.
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