Researching Real-World Web Use with Roxy

Collecting Observational Web Data with Informed Consent

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ID12972148
AuthorsEricka Menchen-Trevino (0000-0002-5029-8269, corresponding author), Chris Karr (0000-0003-1828-4497)
Year2012
Volume9
Issue3
Pages254-268
Publication date2012-07-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Information Technology & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1933-169X • E-ISSN: 1933-1681
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/19331681.2012.664966
OpenAlexW2042615826
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited14

Outside of a laboratory environment, it has been difficult for researchers to collect both behavioral and self-reported Web use data from the same participants. To address this challenge, we created Roxy, which is software that collects real-world Web-use data with participants' informed consent. Roxy gathers Web log data as well as the text and HTML code of each page visited by participants. In this workbench note, we describe Roxy's data-gathering capabilities and search functions, then illustrate how we used the software in a multimethod study. The use case examines selective exposure to political communication during the November 2010 U.S. general election campaign

Code (set theory · Observational study · Programming language · The Internet · World Wide Web · Computer Science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Media Influence and Politics · Medicine · Social Media and Politics · Software

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