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Researchware cofounder, Dr. Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber's new book, "The Handbook of Emergent Technologies in Social Research", is now available. In addition to being a cofounder of Researchware, Sharlene Nagy Hesse-Biber is Professor of Sociology at Boston College and the author or editor of numerous books, including: The Cult of Thinness 2E (OUP 2006), Working Women in America: Split Dreams 2E (OUP 2004), Feminist Perspectives in Social Research (OUP 2004), Approaches to Qualitative Research (OUP 2004), and Feminist Approaches to Theory and Methodology (OUP 1999). The 784 page Hardback edition provides in-depth examples of how specific emergent technologies are practiced within both disciplinary and interdisciplinary environments as well as examines the costs and benefits of utilizing new technologies on the research process as well as the potential misuse of these techniques for methods practices. Details on the book can be found here.

HyperRESEARCH was the tool used by Gerard Leavey, Despina Rothi and Rini Paul to explore "Trust, autonomy and relationships: The help-seeking preferences of young people in secondary level schools in London (UK)".

Transcribed audio interviews were analyzed using HyperRESEARCH for Simon Somogyi, Amos Gyau, Elton Li, and Johan Bruwer's research paper on "Enhancing long-term grape grower/winery relationships in the Australian wine industry".

HyperRESEARCH delivered data management and analysis for Ana M. Martínez Alemán's study on "College Women's Female Friendships: A Longitudinal View" appearing in The Journal of Higher Education - Volume 81, Number 5, September/October 2010, pp. 553-582.