Cloud Research for Social Work�5th Generation Research Methodology

R Balamurali Krishna; Dr. N Prathiba

Volume : VI, Issue : XII, December - 2016

Cloud Research for Social Work�5th Generation Research Methodology

R Balamurali Krishna, Dr. N Prathiba

Abstract :

Today, Human is not a mere social animal; advancement in technology made them techno–social. To deal with the technosocial animal it would be much appropriate to revamp the research methodologies particularly used in humanities and social science researches. The hope is that it will be possible to create powerful “Virtual Research Environment” consisting of a set of sophisticated tools and technologies that will ease the extraction of information from data, and knowledge from information. In this dimension, the paper advocates an initiative to analyse and support cloud researching in social work. Moreover, the objective of the National Knowledge Network1 (NKN) is to interconnect all research institutions with a high speed data communication network to facilitate knowledge shå and collaborative research. The cloud research would fulfil this objective by providing an open source platform for data collection and e–research analysis. In short, this paper has a double goal. First, to introduce the innovative cloud research methodology as 5th generation research methodology a, historically suited, set of interventions to existing practices in social work. Second, to moot methodological, political and epistemological debate in social sciences, thereby accepting the comments and suggestions