Research Methods – John Palfrey

Research Confidential and Surveying Bloggers

March 30, 2026November 30, 2009 by John Palfrey

In our research methods seminar this evening at the Berkman Center, we got into a spirited conversation about the challenges of surveying bloggers. In this seminar, we’ve been working primarily from a text called Research Confidential, edited by Eszter Hargittai (who happens to be my co-teacher in this experimental class, taught concurrently, and by video-conference, … Read more

Graduate Seminar on Research Methods on Internet & Society

March 30, 2026September 4, 2009 by John Palfrey

Amid all the noise of the start of fall semester, Eszter Hargittai and I are launching a new experiment: a course taught jointly (and separately) at Northwestern University and at Harvard University on research methods in Internet & Society. We’ll post as much of the material as makes sense to a publicly-accessible wiki. Students can … Read more