Monday 9 November 2020

Research and Impact on Online Space

 

Preferred specialization and enormous Impact it in the online space

My preferred specialization is conducting research and surveys and technical writing. The process of research and technical writing was traditionally done but has now grown exponentially in the online space. In data collecting, Research and technical writing now adopt different strategies of gathering data such as using web surveys and through emails. Lately, interviews and group discussions in online space has been undertaken to gather data as well as using social media as a rich source of naturally occurring data.

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.