publications

BOOKS

Markham, A. & Baym, N. (2009). Internet Inquiry: Conversations about method. Thousand Oaks, CA : Sage.

Markham, A. (1998). Life Online: Researching real experiences in virtual space. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.

ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS

Markham, A. N. (forthcocming). Moving into the flow: Using a network perspective to explore complexity in Internet contexts. Center for Internet Research Monograph Series. Aarhus, Denmark: University of Aarhus.

Markham, A. N. (2012). Fabrication as ethical practice: Qualitative inquiry in ambiguous internet contexts. Information, Communication and Society. 

Markham, A. N. (2011). Internet Research. In Silverman, D. (Ed.). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method, and Practices, 3rd Edition. London: Sage.

Markham, A. N. (2009). How can qualitative researchers produce work that is meaningful across time, space, and culture? In Markham, A. N., & Baym, N. K. (Eds.). Internet inquiry: Conversations about method (pp. 131-155). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Markham, A. N. (2009). Response: What constitutes quality in qualitative research? In Markham, A. N., & Baym, N. K. (Eds.). Internet inquiry: Conversations about method (pp. 190-197). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Baym, N. K., & Markham, A. N. (2009). Introduction: Making smart choices on shifting ground. In Markham, A. N., & Baym, N. K. (Eds.). Internet inquiry: Conversations about method (pp. vii-xix). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Markham, A. N. (2008). The Internet in qualitative research. In L. Givens (Ed.), The Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (pp. 454-458). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Markham, A. (2006). Method as ethic, ethic as method. Journal of Information Ethics, 15(2), 37-55.

Markham, A. (2005). Disciplining the future: A critical organizational analysis of Internet Studies. The Information Society, 21, 257-267.

Markham , A. (2005). The politics, ethics, and methods of representation in online ethnography. In Denzin, N. & Lincoln, Y. (Eds.). Handbook of Qualitative Research, 3rd Edition (pp. 793-820). Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.

Markham, A. (2005). Fragmented narrative and bricolage as interpretive method: Go Ugly Early. Qualitative Inquiry, 11(1), 813-839.

Markham, A. (2004). Representation in online ethnographies: A matter of context sensitivity. In Chen, S. L. S., G. J. Hall and M. D. Johns (Eds.). Online Social Research: Methods, Issues, and Ethics (pp. 131-145). New York: Peter Lang Publishers.

Markham, A. (2004). Internet Communication as a Tool for Qualitative Research. In Silverman, D. (Ed.). Qualitative Research: Theory, Method, and Practices, 2nd Edition. London: Sage.

Markham, A. (2004). Internet as Research Context. In Seale, C., Gubrium, J., Silverman, D., and Gobo, G. (Eds.). Qualitative Research Practice. London: Sage.

Markham, A. (2003). Critical junctures and ethical choices in Internet ethnography. In Thorseth, M. (Ed.) Applied Ethics in Internet Research, Trondheim, Norway: NTNU University Press. (Published conference proceedings).

Markham, A. (1996). Designing discourse: A critical analysis of strategic ambiguity and workplace control. Management Communication Quarterly, 9 (4), 389-421.

Salvador, M. & Markham, A. (1995). The rhetoric of self-directive management and the operation of organizational power. Communication Reports, 8 (1), 45-53.

CONFERENCE PAPERS

Remix culture: Remix methods. Presentation at the Digital Culture and Communication Workshop. Barcelona, November 2011.

Fabrication as Ethical Practice: Qualitative Inquiry in Ambiguous Internet Contexts. Presentation at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Seattle, Washington, October 2011.

Embracing the Dark Side: Method and Ethics. Presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010.

Symbolic Interaction and Internet Research Methods. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2009.

Ethical Research Methods as Critical Decisions. Workshop presentation at the preconference of the Association of Internet Researchers annual conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 2009.

Methods for studying lived experience with technology: Revisiting the past to find new paths. Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2008.

Arrested development: Challenges and strategies for integrating an LMS in a correctional environment. Paper presented at the Online Learning Conference, University of Wisconsin-Madison, August 2008.

Ethic as method, method as ethic: Epistemological mergings. Paper presented at Thinking Critically: Alternative Perspectives and Methods in Information Studies conference. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, May 2008.

Things I’ve learned: Ethics and Internet research. Paper presented at the annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Vancouver, BC, October 2007.

The double bind of tourist literature: A critical analysis of buying and selling Exotic Identities. Paper presented at the Franklin College Conference on Caribbean Literature and Culture. Lugano, Switzerland, April 16, 2005.

Images of Internet: Tool, Place, Way of Being. Paper presented at fourth annual conference of the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR). Toronto, Canada, October 2003.

Ethnography is an ethnography is an ethnography? Paper presented at the Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference. Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 2002.

Digital Time, Digital Space: The R/Evolution Of Ethnography And The Ethnographer On-Line. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Atlanta, GA, November 2001.

Interviewing in Silence, Making Bodies from Texts, and other stories of conducting ethnographies online. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Seattle, WA, November 2000.

Losing, Gaining, and Reframing control: Lessons from students of online courses. Paper presented at the second international conference on “Learning2000.” Roanoke, VA, October 2000.

Researching Online, Living in the Body, Performing Scholarship. Paper presented at the Couch-Stone Symposium for Symbolic Interaction. Tampa, FL, January 2000.

Life Online: Constraints of the Flesh, Possibilities of the Spirit. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction. Chicago, IL, July 1999.

Creating Community in Online Classrooms: Paradoxes and Challenges. Paper presented at the National Communication Association Summer Conference on Communication and Technology. Arlington, VA, July 1999.

Epistemologically shifting states: CMC research at the millennium’s edge. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Northwest Communication Association. Couer D’Alene, ID, April 1999.

Building Community in the Online Classroom: The importance of framing. Paper presented at the Instructional Technology Conference: IT99: The New Millennium. Blacksburg, VA, March 1999.

Ethnography in Cyberspace: Knowing and Presenting the Other in Text. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. New York, NY, November 1998.

Fostering Dialogical learning in the computer-mediated classroom. Paper presented at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. New York, NY, November 1998.

Tools…Places…..Ways of Being: Making sense of computer-mediated communication. Paper presented at the ICA/NCA International Summer conference: Organizing for the Future. Rome, Italy, July 1998.

Organizing online communities through narrative and dialogue. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Central States Communication Association. St. Louis, MO, April 1997.

Organizing online communication: The discursive negotiation of reality in Cyberspace. Paper presented at the annual Organizational Communication Mini-Conference. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, October 1996.

Virtually no difference: Women’s subjectivities as men’s sexual fantasies in cyber-sex games. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association. San Diego, CA, November 1996. (Feminist and Women Studies Division)

Constructions of identity and violence in Cyberspace: An analysis of the hacker. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Chicago, IL, May 1996. (Communication Technology Division)

Murder, metaphors, and the media: Journalistic representations of the O.J. Simpson case. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association. San Antonio, TX, November 1995. (Mass Communication Division)

Joining the Disney cast(e): A metaphor analysis of emotional labor. Paper presented at the annual convention of the International Communication Association. Albuquerque, NM, May 1995. (Organizational Communication Division)

Designer discourse: A critical analysis of power and paradox in the workplace. Paper presented at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association. New Orleans, LA, November 1994. (Organizational Communication Division)

Friendship and the dialectic of control: An exploration of relationships across the hierarchy. Paper presented on competitively selected panel at the annual convention of the Speech Communication Association. New Orleans, LA, November 1994. (Interpersonal and Small Group Interaction Division).

ORGANIZED WORKSHOPS AND SESSIONS

Pre-Conference on Internet Research Ethics. Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Gothenburg, Sweden, October 2010.

Internet research ethics and internet research boards. Panel co-organizer and participant. Association of Internet Researchers annual conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2008 (with Elizabeth Buchanan and Charles Ess).

Beyond place: Using concepts and methods of Practice Theory to study mediated experience. Panel organizer and participant. Associaation of Internet Researchers annual conference. Copenhagen, Denmark, October 2008.

Internet Research Ethics. Pre-Conference organizer and co-facilitator. Association of Internet Researchers conference. Chicago, IL, October 2005 (with Charles Ess, Elizabeth Buchanan, Lori Kendall, and Jeremy Hunsinger).

Caribbean Unbound or Double-bound? Reconsidering the impact of globalization, tourism and mass media on cultural identity in the Virgin Islands. Panel organizer and participant. Franklin College Conference on Caribbean literature and culture. Lugano, Switzerland, April 2005 (with Theresa Senft, Vincent Cooper, and Crystal Miles)

Metaphors of Internet. Panel organizer and moderator. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference, Sussex, UK, September 2004 (with Claudia Ivon Rivera, Sabryna Cornish, and Camille Johnson) Qualitative Internet Research. Pre-Conference workshop organizer and co-facilitator. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference, Sussex, UK, September 2004 (with Christine Hine, Nancy Baym, Shani Orgad, and Susan Herring)

Spatial metaphors of Internet. Roundtable panel organizer and participant. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference. Sussex, UK, September 2004 (with Nils Zurawski, Charles Ess, Michele White).

Interviewing in Online Ethnography: Pre-Conference workshop on Ethnography and Computer-Mediated Communication: Researching Cyber-Culture. Annual convention of the National Communication Association. Miami Florida, November 2003.

Dialogue among Scholars of Qualitative Internet Research. Organizer and panel participant. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference. Toronto, Canada, October 2003 (with Susan Herring, Shani Orgad, and Nancy Baym).

The Importance of Context Sensitivity in Doing Internet Ethnography. Panel organizer, moderator, and participant. Association of Internet Researchers (AoIR) annual conference. Maastricht, The Netherlands, October 2002 (with Janne Bromseth and Radhika Gajjala).

The Self And Other In Ethnographic Storytelling. Panel participant at a competitively selected panel at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Atlanta, GA, November 2001 (with Art Bochner, William Rawlins, and Elaine Jenks).

Researching the Cyborganization. Roundtable participant for competitively selected panel at the annual convention of the National Communication Association. Seattle, WA, November 2000.

GUEST APPOINTMENTS AND INVITED LECTURES

Invited lecturer. University of Aarhus, Denmark (October 2010). Topic: Online Games and Ethics.

Invited Professor and Lecturer. University of Bergen, Norway (May 2008). Topic: Internet Ethnography.

Invited Speaker. Karlstad University, Sweden (May 2008). Topic: Internet Research & Ethics.

Invited Lecturer. University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway (April 2008). Topic: Internet Research Methods.

Keynote Speaker (invited but declined). Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia (June 2006). Topic: Cultural Attitudes toward technology in second and third world island nation states. Cultural Attitudes toward Technology and Communication (CATaC) Conference 2006.

Invited Lecturer. Institute for Sociology, University of Munster, Germany (December 2004). Topic: Metaphors of Internet for an International graduate course: (Re)Construction of Public Sphere in the Mass Media. Online course offered to students from Germany and Russia.

Keynote Speaker. University of Boulder, Colorado (June 2004). Topic: Understanding Internet research ethics. Conference sponsored by University of Colorado at Boulder’s School of Journalism and Mass Media.

Colloquium Speaker. University of Illinois at Chicago (September 2003). Topic: Tool, Place, Way of Being: Root metaphors shaping the reality of the Internet. University of Illinois at Chicago Department of Communication sponsored.

Keynote Speaker. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway (June 2002). Topic: Ethics in Qualitative Internet Research. Making Common Ground: Methodological and Ethical issues in doing Internet-research, a Nordic interdisciplinary conference.

Invited professor/respondent. Norwegian University of Science and Technology (June 3-6, 2002). Topic: Workshop and graduate course on Internet Research and Ethics. Sponsored by the Programme for Applied Ethics at NTNU. Trondheim, Norway.

Invited Guest Lecturer (April 1999). Topic: Computer-Mediated Communities. Sponsored by University of Missouri department of Communication.

Invited Guest Lecturer (March 1999). Topic: Online Relationships: Real? Virtual? Sponsored by University of Cincinnati Department of Education.

Invited Speaker. Virginia Tech University (March 1999). Topic: Interactive Teaching Strategies: Strategies and concerns in distance and distributed learning. Conference entitled: Instructional Technology 99: The New Millennium. Sponsored by Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA.

Invited Speaker. Virginia Tech University (Fall 1998). Topic: Life Online: The study of Science and the Self. Presentation for the Center for Science and Technology Studies Guest Seminar Series.

Colloquium Speaker. Virginia Tech University (January 1999). Topic: Building Community in the Online Classroom: Pitfalls and Challenges. Department of Communication Studies Spring Research Colloquium series.

Invited Conference Speaker. Virginia Tech University (April 1999). Topic: Professional Communication Issues in a Telecommuting Work Environment. Bringing Business to Business Writing Conference. Sponsored by the Department of English.

Colloquium Speaker. Virginia Tech University (Spring 1998). Topic: Virtually No Difference: Women’s subjectivities as Men’s sexual fantasies in CyberSex Games. Colloquium series sponsored by the Department of Communication Studies.

Invited Colloquium Speaker. Virginia Tech University (Spring 1998). Topic: Real Experiences in Virtual Spaces: Conversations with People in Cyberspace. Women’s Studies Spring Speaker Series.

SELECTED RESEARCH PROJECTS

Senior Research Fellow: Internet Research Ethics and Institutional Research Boards, July 2007 – December 2010

Work with NSF funded collaborators at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee to study decision making processes of Institutional Research Boards.

Present findings at international research conferences.

Lead Developer: Integrating Hybrid training models in a bureaucratic state agency, August 2007 – November 2010.

Work with subject matter experts to transform traditional classroom training into online-only or hybrid models for learning.
Design, develop and deploy training modules for Wisconsin Department of Corrections that meet local and national standards for certified training in particular areas.

Train other trainers in the pedagogy and methods for hybrid learning models.

Analyzed, revised, and developed design for a more effective user interface for online training.

Co-Principle Investigator: Effective integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) concepts and tools across the Humanities and Social Science, Aug 2005 – August 2006

Wrote proposal and received grant for $73,000 from U.S. Department of Education to research and design innovative interweaving of ICT concepts and tools across the Social Sciences and Humanities Division at UVI.

Led collaborative teams of students and faculty to research cultural attitudes toward ICTs in Caribbean cultures. Led collaborative team of faculty to create a flexible and evolving infrastructure that will promote and facilitate continuous improvement in the way information and communication technology is woven into the Humanities and Social Sciences curricula.

Developed, in collaboration with University libraries, a sustainable program of training and development in information and computer literacy.

Developed, in collaboration with Division of Information Technology, a strategic plan for cross disciplinary learning modules and knowledge databases.

Designing Centers for Technology and Learning, University of the Virgin Islands, Nov 2004 – June 2005

Designed a Center in direct consultation with Chief Information Officer

Researched, wrote, and proposed rationale and strategic plan for centralizing efforts to integrate technology and pedagogy in learning environments at UVI.

Researched best practices from peer institutions for student level information and computer literacy training.

Wrote proposal for merging information literacy and computer literacy programs.

Applied for and was awarded a “Margins of Excellence Grant” to research interactive self-paced tutorials for computer and information literacy.

Achieved intended goal of raising University awareness of this issue and prompting a university-level shift to a more integrated approach to technology training for students at UVI.

Principle Investigator: CommLAB: A Flexible Experimental Teaching and Learning Space, 2002 – 2003 (with Jim Sosnoski)

Designed project to conduct qualitative assessment of the use of various distance education technologies in undergraduate and graduate courses as well as an international virtual work team context.

Applied for and received grant from Center for Advancement of Distance Education for equipment support.

Developed experimental courses to test technology influence on classroom culture.

Pedagogy of First Year Learning Communities, 1998 – 2000

Special appointment by the Provost to work within the Center for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching coordinating various university-wide initiatives targeted to first year students.

Responsibilities included: Identifying and analyzing current learning community efforts and barriers; facilitating collaborative efforts between academic and student affairs; developing new cross-disciplinary programs aimed at enhancing the first year experience at Virginia Tech; and improving public awareness of learning community goals and initiatives by supervising development of learning communities website.

Coordinated the development of pilot projects to test the viability of academic and residential cohort learning communities.

Envisioned with colleagues and directed the growth of the common book initiative, which led to a university-wide effort: In Fall 2000, all entering students received a common book, Einstein’s Dreams and had the opportunity to meet with the author Alan Lightman, watch student performances based on the book, and use the book in their freshmen courses.