Methodological challenges in researching history discussion boards

Digital discussion boards, also known as message boards, are an interesting case of a tool that has adapted to the emergence of new technological structures and became part of the web since its beginnings, maintaining its popularity to this day. From this panorama, this paper aims to reflect about t...

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Autor: Linkevicius de Andrade, Daniela
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF)
Repositorio:Semina (Passo Fundo. Online)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.upf.br:article/12478
Acceso en línea:https://seer.upf.br/index.php/ph/article/view/12478
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Foros de discusión
Investigación Histórica
Metodología
Discussion boards
Historical Research
Methodology
Fóruns digitais
Metodologia
Pesquisa Histórica
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Sumario:Digital discussion boards, also known as message boards, are an interesting case of a tool that has adapted to the emergence of new technological structures and became part of the web since its beginnings, maintaining its popularity to this day. From this panorama, this paper aims to reflect about the methodological challenges of analyzing history discussion boards, taking into account their historicity, as well as the structure that enables discussions among users. Elaborating a methodological strategy for research with digital forums involves, in this sense, the need to reflect about their materiality, changed in the archiving process, and about the possibility of combining qualitative as well as quantitative analysis, since discussions are often evaluated in real time by their participants.