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Human Information Behaviour • Online Information • Social Media Use • Personal Reputation & Identity • Social Informatics

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Post-Doctoral Projects Research Activities

A study on trust and online dating

20 September 201926 May 2021 Frances Ryan

As part of my work with the Living Digital group at the University of Dundee, I am starting to recruit participants for a study related to trust and online dating. I will be using qualitative interviews and focus groups for

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My PhD Studies Research Activities

A full set of data, at last!

5 February 201628 May 2021 Frances Ryan

This week marked a very exciting, very important part of my PhD research: I completed my data collection! That means I now have a full set of data from 45 participants. This is even more exciting for me, as I

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Data delays

11 December 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I began recruiting participants for my main study in early September. At the time, I had this silly notion that I would be finished with my data collection by the end of October. Easy-peasy, right? Wrong. Because that naïve notion

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Miscellany My PhD Studies

Another year closer

16 November 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

Note: This post was originally shared on my personal blog. As such, it is a bit more touchy-feeling than you would expect. But, as I am researching online information and personal reputation, I suppose it’s a good example of how

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Struggles with participant recruitment

6 November 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I began recruiting for my main doctoral study in September. When I did so, I had this naïve vision of finding enough participants within a few days and completing my data collection by the end of October. Although I did

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Participants wanted!

16 September 201526 May 2021 Frances Ryan

I am currently recruiting for my PhD research and would love some help in building my participant list. I am recruiting participants aged 18 and older who live in the UK and use social media and social networking sites. The study

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It’s pilot study time!

8 July 201514 June 2021 Frances Ryan

I have finally entered the empirical research stage of my PhD, and I am so very excited about it! In fact, it’s the first time I’ve actually been excited about my studies in many, many months. (Yes, the literature review part

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Meet Frances (She/Her)

I am Frances Ryan (She/Her), a university lecturer based in Central Scotland. My research focuses on information sharing and use in online environments, especially as it relates to everyday life and “lived” or real-world experiences.

This blog is about my academic life including research and teaching activities, conferences and events, publications, milestones of note, and more.

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  • Published: Ontologies Applied to Archival Records: A Preliminary Proposal for Information Retrieval
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