Using Ethnography of Email to Understand Distributed Scientific Collaborations
Author(s)
Sharma, Sarika K
Willis, Matt
Snyder, Jaime
Østerlund, Carsten
Sawyer, Steve
Issue Date
2015-03-15
Keyword(s)
information visualization
qualitative research methods
distributed work
Abstract
In this brief poster abstract we explore the finding from previous research that distributed teams collaborating on research use email to an overwhelming degree. This email is the source of collaboration and one of the central documents in the practice of doing science. We present an early idea of email focused ethnography and using visualizations to assist in the qualitative exploration of analyzing email communications. Of interest is the utility of different visualizations to inform follow up interviews of longitudinal fieldwork and data collection. Two such visualizations are presented and described. Along with the benefits of the techniques we describe some of the challenges.
Publisher
iSchools
Series/Report Name or Number
iConference 2015 Proceedings
Type of Resource
text
Language
English
Permalink
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/73737
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