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Comunicar Journal 18: Discovering Media (Vol. 9 - 2002)

https://doi.org/10.3916/C18-2002-03

Letizia Caronia

André Caron

Abstract

This paper presents some reflections on the methodological issues raised by contemporary research on the appropriation and daily uses of communication and information technologies. The authors argue the need for links between theoretical frameworks, hypothesis and methodological tools, suggesting that methodological matters are never «pure» methodological queries insofar as they reflect the researcher’s commitment to a broader level of theoretical perspectives. The purpose of the study was to focus on the subjective construction of the meaning people give to technologies and their uses in an everyday-life context. This paper discusses the methodological strategies that we-re used in the design of the study.

Keywords

Research, methodology, new information & communication technologies, family

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