Toolkit 10: Using blog analysis

Helene Snee, University of Manchester, July 2010

Summary

This toolkit draws on experiences of a study in which blog analysis was used alongside interviews to explore young people’s representations of their gap year experiences. The toolkit outlines the methods I employed in the project and suggests the sorts of questions that can be answered using blog analysis alongside the issues that might arise.

• Using blog analysis toolkit

Further reading

Snee, H. (2008) Web 2.0 as a Social Science Research Tool, Report on behalf of the British Library.

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