Annette Markham
Annette Markham Ph.D. | |
|---|---|
 Markham at Microsoft Research Cambridge in 2015 | |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Purdue University, Washington State University, Idaho State University |
| Known for | qualitative research methods, Internet research ethics, philosophy of method |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Internet studies, Information Studies, Science and Technology Studies |
| Institutions | Aarhus University, Loyola University Chicago |
| Thesis | Going online: An ethnographic narrative (1997) |
| Website | www |
Annette Markham is an American academic, Professor MSO of Information Studies at Aarhus University, Denmark,[1] and Full Professor of Digital Ethics at the School of Communication at Loyola University Chicago.[2] She has served on the executive committee[3] of the Association of Internet Researchers since 2013. She has published research in the area of Internet studies, digital identity, social interaction, innovative qualitative methods for social research, and Internet research ethics.[4]
Publications
Markham has authored 32 articles since 1995. Her first book, "Life Online: Researching real experience in virtual space" was published in 1998, which reviewers called "a definitive sociological study of what it's like to be on the net"[5] and "a bold move in the exponentially increasingly field of internet studies....that allows the reader to appreciate the challenges of applying contemporary ethnographic methods to online populations."[6] In 2009, Markham edited an internet research methods volume entitled "Internet Inquiry: Conversations about method" with Nancy Baym.[7]
Markham has published multiple pieces on Internet research ethics. She is the primary author of the Association of Internet Researchers' official 2012 ethical guidelines for internet research (PDF). The framework of this document uses Markham's earlier published works linking ethics to methods, first in a Norwegian edited volume in 2003 and later in the Journal of Information Ethics.[8] In reviewing ethical frameworks, the Handbook of Internet Studies cites Markham's convincing arguments that "methodological choices inform and are informed by ethical choices."[9]
Markham has written extensively about qualitative methods for internet inquiry and is cited as a key figure and 'recommended reading' in this area in textbooks and handbooks on qualitative research practice.[10][11][12][13]
Markham maintains a blog about a range of conceptual and pragmatic issues related to lived experience in 21st Century contexts of complexity at http://annettemarkham.com.
Education
- Ph.D. Purdue University, August 1997, Organizational Communication
- M. S. Washington State University, Edward R. Murrow College of Communication, May 1993, Speech Communication
- B. S. Idaho State University, May 1988, Communication, cum laude
Academic appointments
- Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, Virginia Tech
- Assistant Professor, Department of Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
- Associate Professor, Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, University of the Virgin Islands
- Professor of Informatics (guest appointment), Umeå University, Sweden
- Professor of Digital Ethics (affiliate appointment) in the School of Communication, Loyola University Chicago
- Professor of Information Studies (MSO, with special responsibilities), Department of Information Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark
Books
- Markham, A. & Baym, N. (2009). Internet Inquiry: Conversations about method. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. ISBN 1452278768
- Markham, A. (1998). Life Online: Researching real experiences in virtual space. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. ISBN 0761990313
References
- ^ "Annette Markham - Research - Aarhus University". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Faculty & Staff Directory: Loyola University Chicago". Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ "Executive Committee – AoIR". aoir.org. Retrieved 2016-10-20.
- ^ Annette Markham publications indexed by Google Scholar
- ^ Life-Online-Researching-Real-Experience-in-Virtual-Space.
- ^ Williams, Matthew (2001-12-01). "Book Review: Life Online: Researching Real Experience in Virtual Space". Qualitative Research. 1 (3): 426–427. doi:10.1177/146879410100100313. ISSN 1468-7941.
- ^ Markham, Annette; Nancy, Baym (July 2008). Internet inquiry: Conversations about method. Los Angeles: Sage Publications. ISBN 1412910013.
- ^ Markham, Annette (November 2006). "Ethic as method, method as ethic". Journal of Information Ethics. 15 (2): 37–54.
- ^ Consalvo, Mia; Ess, Charles, eds. (2012-12-17). The Handbook of Internet Studies (1 ed.). Wiley-Blackwell. ISBN 9781118400074.
- ^ Silverman, David (2015-01-22). Interpreting Qualitative Data (5th Revised ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781446295434.
- ^ Paulus, Trena; Lester, Jessica N.; Dempster, Paul (2013-12-27). Digital Tools for Qualitative Research (1 ed.). SAGE Publications Ltd. ISBN 9781446256077.
- ^ Lichtman, Marilyn V. (2012-01-20). Qualitative Research in Education: A User's Guide (3 ed.). Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN 9781412995320.
- ^ Marshall, Catherine; Rossman, Gretchen B. (2015-01-07). Designing Qualitative Research (6th ed.). SAGE Publications, Inc. ISBN 9781452271002.