Cristina Costa is Associate Professor Digital Education and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.Jenna Condie is a Lecturer in Digital Research and Online Social Analysis at Western Sydney University, Australia.

• Chapter 1: Doing research in and on the digitalCristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK & Jenna Condie, Western Sydney University, AustraliaPart I: Collecting content: methods for harvesting digital data Chapter 2: ‘Feeling appy?’: using app-based methodology to explore contextual effects on real-time cognitions, affect and behavioursLinda K. Kaye, Rebecca L. Monk and Iain Hamlin, Edge Hill University, UK Chapter 3: Adapting a method to use Facebook in education research: taking phenomenography onlineNaomi Barnes, Griffith University, AustraliaChapter 4: An exploration of lived experience in a digital world: how technology is revolutionising substance misuse recoveryStephanie Dugdale1, Sarah Elison-Davies1, Glyn Davies1, Jonathan Ward1, Michaela Jones21 Breaking Free Group, Manchester, UK 2 in2recovery, Manchester, UKChapter 5: Exploring breast cancer bloggers’ lived experiences of ‘survivorship’: the ethics of gaining access, analysing discourse and fulfilling academic requirementsCathy Ure, University of Salford, UK Chapter 6: Text research on online platforms: heuristic steps and pitfallsTom Van Nuenen, Tilburg University, Holland Chapter 7: Tinder matters: swiping right to unlock new research fieldsJenna Condie, Garth Lean, and Donna James, Western Sydney University, AustraliaChapter 8: Remote ethnography, virtual presence: exploring digital-visual methods for anthropological research on the webShireen Walton, University College London, UKPart II: Engaging research informants: digital participatory methods and data storiesChapter 9: The visualisation of data in a digital contextDavid A. Ellis, University of Lancaster and Hannah L. Merdian, University of Lincoln, UKChapter 10: Designing digital platforms for citizen data and public discourse on climate changeLily Bui, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAChapter 11: In search of lost purpose: the dream life of digitalErinma Ochu, University of Salford, UKChapter 12: Using digital stories in healthcare research: ethical and practical dilemmasCarol Haigh, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK & Pip Hardy, Independent Researcher, UKChapter 13: Conclusion: (re-)exploring the practical and ethical contexts of digital researchJenna Condie, Western Sydney University, Australia, & Cristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK

Cristina Costa is Associate Professor Digital Education and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.Jenna Condie is a Lecturer in Digital Research and Online Social Analysis at Western Sydney University, Australia.

• Chapter 1: Doing research in and on the digitalCristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK & Jenna Condie, Western Sydney University, AustraliaPart I: Collecting content: methods for harvesting digital data Chapter 2: ‘Feeling appy?’: using app-based methodology to explore contextual effects on real-time cognitions, affect and behavioursLinda K. Kaye, Rebecca L. Monk and Iain Hamlin, Edge Hill University, UK Chapter 3: Adapting a method to use Facebook in education research: taking phenomenography onlineNaomi Barnes, Griffith University, AustraliaChapter 4: An exploration of lived experience in a digital world: how technology is revolutionising substance misuse recoveryStephanie Dugdale1, Sarah Elison-Davies1, Glyn Davies1, Jonathan Ward1, Michaela Jones21 Breaking Free Group, Manchester, UK 2 in2recovery, Manchester, UKChapter 5: Exploring breast cancer bloggers’ lived experiences of ‘survivorship’: the ethics of gaining access, analysing discourse and fulfilling academic requirementsCathy Ure, University of Salford, UK Chapter 6: Text research on online platforms: heuristic steps and pitfallsTom Van Nuenen, Tilburg University, Holland Chapter 7: Tinder matters: swiping right to unlock new research fieldsJenna Condie, Garth Lean, and Donna James, Western Sydney University, AustraliaChapter 8: Remote ethnography, virtual presence: exploring digital-visual methods for anthropological research on the webShireen Walton, University College London, UKPart II: Engaging research informants: digital participatory methods and data storiesChapter 9: The visualisation of data in a digital contextDavid A. Ellis, University of Lancaster and Hannah L. Merdian, University of Lincoln, UKChapter 10: Designing digital platforms for citizen data and public discourse on climate changeLily Bui, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAChapter 11: In search of lost purpose: the dream life of digitalErinma Ochu, University of Salford, UKChapter 12: Using digital stories in healthcare research: ethical and practical dilemmasCarol Haigh, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK & Pip Hardy, Independent Researcher, UKChapter 13: Conclusion: (re-)exploring the practical and ethical contexts of digital researchJenna Condie, Western Sydney University, Australia, & Cristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK

Cristina Costa is Associate Professor Digital Education and Society, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK.Jenna Condie is a Lecturer in Digital Research and Online Social Analysis at Western Sydney University, Australia.

• Chapter 1: Doing research in and on the digitalCristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK & Jenna Condie, Western Sydney University, AustraliaPart I: Collecting content: methods for harvesting digital data Chapter 2: ‘Feeling appy?’: using app-based methodology to explore contextual effects on real-time cognitions, affect and behavioursLinda K. Kaye, Rebecca L. Monk and Iain Hamlin, Edge Hill University, UK Chapter 3: Adapting a method to use Facebook in education research: taking phenomenography onlineNaomi Barnes, Griffith University, AustraliaChapter 4: An exploration of lived experience in a digital world: how technology is revolutionising substance misuse recoveryStephanie Dugdale1, Sarah Elison-Davies1, Glyn Davies1, Jonathan Ward1, Michaela Jones21 Breaking Free Group, Manchester, UK 2 in2recovery, Manchester, UKChapter 5: Exploring breast cancer bloggers’ lived experiences of ‘survivorship’: the ethics of gaining access, analysing discourse and fulfilling academic requirementsCathy Ure, University of Salford, UK Chapter 6: Text research on online platforms: heuristic steps and pitfallsTom Van Nuenen, Tilburg University, Holland Chapter 7: Tinder matters: swiping right to unlock new research fieldsJenna Condie, Garth Lean, and Donna James, Western Sydney University, AustraliaChapter 8: Remote ethnography, virtual presence: exploring digital-visual methods for anthropological research on the webShireen Walton, University College London, UKPart II: Engaging research informants: digital participatory methods and data storiesChapter 9: The visualisation of data in a digital contextDavid A. Ellis, University of Lancaster and Hannah L. Merdian, University of Lincoln, UKChapter 10: Designing digital platforms for citizen data and public discourse on climate changeLily Bui, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAChapter 11: In search of lost purpose: the dream life of digitalErinma Ochu, University of Salford, UKChapter 12: Using digital stories in healthcare research: ethical and practical dilemmasCarol Haigh, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK & Pip Hardy, Independent Researcher, UKChapter 13: Conclusion: (re-)exploring the practical and ethical contexts of digital researchJenna Condie, Western Sydney University, Australia, & Cristina Costa, University of the West of England, UK