Monday, 11 February 2013
Sources of information (Web 2.0)
I was thinking about Mary's post on sources of information and it reminded me of a recent link my professor at UBC posted about the networked researcher. It is part of the library at the University of York's Support for Researchers (Resources and useful information for researchers) and it offers information about using web 2.0 tools as part of your research. They have a comprehensive guide to using Twitter, which I found really interesting and useful. As I was reading it, I started thinking about my approach to research and how some of the approaches may be non-traditional. I rely on LISTSERVs to find articles, experts, and engage in conversation with other academics with similar research interests. I have also found interesting articles and people on Twitter through my own conversations or observing other conversations taking place in my feed. Even though Twitter didn't exist in 2002 when Knight was published, and it was only 2 years old when Luker was first published, it boils down to the conversation. Web 2.0 enables us to engage with others at the cocktail party with greater ease, I would argue. At least that is what I'm finding—does anyone else?
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I love this posting about the networked researcher. This information about using web 2.0 tools is very helpful, especially the guide on using Twitter. I hope Alan looks at this in class--I think others would find it helpful. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI thought more about persons being sources of information. People shouldn't tell us what to think. Rather, they should share information so that we can draw our own conclusions. I just raise this point because it is easy to fall prey to the notion that there is one way to interpret the information.....