Literature Review – Web and Society

Running Head: LITERATURE REVIEW – WEB AND SOCIETY
Literature Review – Web and Society
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Table of Contents
1. Literature Review...............................................................................................................4
1.1. Broad Scan...................................................................................................................4
1.2. Research Journal..........................................................................................................4
1.3. Filing System...............................................................................................................6
1.4. Bibliographic File Derived from Broad Scan..............................................................7
1.5. Focused Review...........................................................................................................9
1.6. Updated Filing System................................................................................................9
1.7. Updated Bibliographic File from Focused Review...................................................10
1.8. Five Different Hacks for Digital Democracy............................................................11
1.8.1. Background............................................................................................................11
1.8.2. Framework and Research Methods........................................................................12
1.8.3. Discussion and Analysis........................................................................................12
1.9. Understanding the Social Psychology of the Internet...............................................14
1.9.1. Background............................................................................................................14
1.9.2. Research Methods..................................................................................................14
1.9.3. Discussion..............................................................................................................15
1.9.4. Conclusion.............................................................................................................16
1.9.5. Final Chapter Outline.............................................................................................16
1.9.6. Introduction................................................................................................................16
List of References....................................................................................................................18

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1. Literature Review
1.1. Broad Scan
As part of the broad scan I selected the topic that I want to carry out my research on
and searched for this topic on the internet using several different keywords. I searched on a
number of different platforms such as the IEE, Google Scholar and the VU Library and came
across quite a few papers, after which I selected around twenty of these for the next level.
1.2. Research Journal
Date Task Action Comment
25.8.2018 Searched on the topic Chose a few topics Selected one particular
topic
26.8.2018 Locating papers on
different sources such
as Google Scholar and
VU library
Skimmed through the
papers and saved a few
of them
Created a folder to save
the related work for the
purpose of collection
27.8.2018 Reading literature Read two of the papers
from the collection of
papers
Discovered a good
topic for carrying out
follow up work
28.8.2018 Reading Literature Read another two
papers
Did not find any
connection between the

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papers I read and the
research I am doing, so
I decided to discard
these papers altogether.
29.8.2018 Selection of four final
papers
Read all the papers one
after the other
Selected two papers for
final review and
analysis
30.8.2018 Begin assignment Started with citing
sources and by creating
a bibliography
Inserted citations
related to the specific
work that I am doing
31.8.2018 Start up to review and
analysis of the first
paper
Read the entire paper
three times
Inserted certain
comments in the
literature review
section of my
assignment
1.9. 2018 Paper reading Noted down important
points, especially
pertinent theories and
discoveries
Reviewed, analyzed
and wrote down these
theories and
perspectives in my own
words
2.9.2018 Reading the second
paper
Read the entire paper Noted down important
points and reviewed