ABSTRACT

This article offers an Australian perspective on the definitions, significance and potential of digital methods in digital media, communication and cultural studies. We begin by situating this perspective in terms of postcolonial geography and disciplinarity and then argue for the value of hybrid digital methods, by which we mean the integration of computational methods and knowledges with qualitative and critical frameworks and approaches. We apply this framework in providing a brief commentary on each of the articles included in this Special Issue, demonstrating how they are all in various ways making important contributions to the further development of hybrid digital methods in African contexts and in digital media research more broadly.

摘要

本文提供了澳大利亚人对数字媒体，传播和文化研究中数字方法的定义，意义和潜力的看法。我们首先从后殖民地地理学和学科的角度出发，提出这种观点，然后再论证混合数字方法的价值，这意味着我们将计算方法和知识与定性和关键框架与方法相结合。我们使用此框架对本期特刊中的每篇文章进行简短评论，以展示它们如何以各种方式为非洲背景下以及数字媒体研究中混合数字方法的进一步发展做出重要贡献。