Facebook as a Tool for Research
Gill Mooney is a doctoral researcher, studying at the University of Leeds. Her research interests are currently focused on social class and social media. She completed her undergraduate degree as a mature student in sociology at the University of Hull, and prior to this was employed as a project co-ordinator for a young people’s sexual health charity in Hull. @gillmooney My research is concerned with the ways in which we know, understand and produce social class in the digital environment of the social networking site (SNS), Facebook. The research will provide valuable insights into how social networking is changing the ways we may relate to one another both online and offline, as well as the effect it might be having on broader understandings of social class. Facebook is the topic of the research, the site in which parts of it take place, and a tool for facilitating its logistics and practicalities. I am using it for recruitment, communication with research participants, and using con...
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