Question

Daniel and Ronald were social researchers who monitored websites, lurked in chat rooms, and hung out in cyber cafés and observed how Internet users act. The users they observed considered the Internet a tool to augment traditional forms of communication. Daniel and Ronald conducted _____ research.

Answer 1

Answer:

Ethnographic.

Explanation:

Ethnographic research is the qualitative approach that helps the sociologists to study the cultural patterns and perspectives. It studies the behavioral pattern that occurs or takes place in a cultural or social group. This study enables the sociologist to study the relationship between culture and behavior.

In the given case, the research that was performed by Daniel and Ronald was ethnographic as they were studying the behavioral pattern of internet users.

So, the correct answer is ethnographic research.