Critiquing an academic research-based article Entering the blogsphere some strategies for using blogs in social research, by Nikolas Hookway

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The article's name is "Entering the blogsphere": some strategies for using blogs in social research. It was written by Nikolas Hookway, a lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. His interests lie in social theory and cultural sociology. It was for a qualitative research in 2008 and published by Sage Publications (http://www.sagepublications.com) who is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets since 1965.

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[...] Criticize of academic article: “Entering the blogsphere”: some strategies for using blogs in social research, by Nikolas Hookway Content: Introduction Part Context Part II: Difficulites Part III: Strategy Conclusion References Introduction: The article's name is “Entering the blogsphere”: some strategies for using blogs in social research. It was written by Nikolas Hookway, a lecturer in the School of Sociology and Social Work at the University of Tasmania. His interests lie in social theory and cultural sociology. It was for a qualitative research in 2008 and published by Sage Publications (http://www.sagepublications.com) who is a leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media for academic, educational, and professional markets since 1965. [...]

[...] In the other hand, the theory of Elgesem (2002) claims an intellectual property should be respected because of blogs are about private matter and the audience is only implicit. After the description of those two theories, the author doesn't give his opinion about what should be done. He never explains what he right for him and never takes sides for one theory or the other. The author mentions also a problem of trust. Indeed nothing can guarantee the blogger is not lying in his articles. Nikolas Hookway opposes the fact even in a regular survey, the sample can lie too. [...]

[...] Of course, there were some difficulties: Part II: Difficulites The difficulties of entering in this very huge space without primary research can be unsuccessful. Indeed, with approximately 100 million blogs (Riley, 2005) existing in the world, it is very difficult to find those one who march with what we looking for. First, we have to identify the main sites that contain the blogs. The more important sites are : Blogster, Livejournal or Xanga. It's only after you have identified those sites that you are able to select some blogs with keywords. [...]

[...] Conclusion: In conclusion, we can say the author explains who to do research on blogs but not the type of research. Indeed, the subject of his own research is not clearly defined and the methodology adopted could not be the same for another kind of research. Plus, there are the problems of trust and intellectual property that are evoked but not solved or answered. That can be a problem moreover the results of the survey can be distort in large way. [...]

[...] To improve the research method, the author went to the blog site's forum where all the blogger can chat and discuss with each other. In fact, the forum is divided and classified by subject, country, age and a few others categories In this place, the author had been able to find a few communities of blogger from the cities he was looking for. He just had to request the moderator of the section for permit him to submit his survey in the concern topic of the forum. [...]