Project-Oriented Web Scraping in Technical Communication Research

John R. Gallagher ; Aaron Beveridge University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Abstract

This article advocates for web scraping as an effective method to augment and enhance technical and professional communication (TPC) research practices. Web scraping is used to create consistently structured and well-sampled data sets about domains, communities, demographics, and topics of interest to TPC scholars. After providing an extended description of web scraping, the authors identify technical considerations of the method and provide practitioner narratives. They then describe an overview of project-oriented web scraping. Finally, they discuss implications for the concept as a sustainable approach to developing web scraping methods for TPC research.

Journal
Journal of Business and Technical Communication
Published
2022-04-01
DOI
10.1177/10506519211064619
Open Access
Closed
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  1. Journal of Technical Writing and Communication
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