Preferred
specialization and enormous Impact it in the online space
The analysis of research data has also adopted
online space through technologies that have become rampantly used in content coding
and analysis.
Opportunities
and Gaps in Online Space
Thousands of people from all professions
have moved online and many have aggressively promoted their presence through
utilizing search engines, email lists, and many other forms of online spaces. The
online space has presented opportunities for researchers to access diverse
populations for data collection and this has saved time and reduced cost.
However, there are some gaps in online
space identified include the fact that still, only limited scholars utilize
technologies in their research practice. A number have argued that, use of technology
for online research could limit the researcher to understand verbal and oral
phenomena such as gestures and auditory data.