<s>
A	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
researcher	I-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
person	O
who	O
uses	O
digital	B-General_Concept
technology	O
such	O
as	O
computers	O
or	O
smartphones	B-Application
and	O
the	O
Internet	O
to	O
do	O
research	O
(	O
see	O
also	O
Internet	O
research	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	B-General_Concept
research	O
differs	O
from	O
Internet	O
research	O
in	O
that	O
digital	B-General_Concept
researchers	I-General_Concept
use	O
the	O
Internet	O
as	O
a	O
research	O
tool	O
rather	O
than	O
the	O
Internet	O
itself	O
as	O
the	O
subject	O
of	O
study	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
digital	B-General_Concept
researcher	I-General_Concept
seeks	O
knowledge	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
systematic	O
investigation	O
with	O
the	O
specific	O
intent	O
of	O
publishing	O
research	O
findings	O
in	O
an	O
online	O
open	O
access	O
journal	O
or	O
by	O
other	O
social	O
media	O
information	O
exchange	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
digital	B-General_Concept
research	O
can	O
be	O
both	O
quantitative	O
and	O
qualitative	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
necessarily	O
follow	O
strict	O
Internet	O
research	O
ethics	O
using	O
the	O
formal	O
scientific	O
method	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
involves	O
collaboration	O
using	O
social	O
media	O
with	O
public	O
input	O
for	O
research	O
and	O
knowledge	O
mobilization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	B-General_Concept
research	O
may	O
also	O
be	O
formally	O
published	O
in	O
academia	O
through	O
peer-reviewed	O
journals	O
or	O
through	O
the	O
further	O
use	O
of	O
social	O
media	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digital	B-General_Concept
researchers	I-General_Concept
are	O
involved	O
with	O
basic	O
research	O
or	O
applied	O
research	O
using	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
software	O
which	O
includes	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
not	O
limited	O
to	O
,	O
SPSS	B-Algorithm
or	O
JMP	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
Research	O
was	O
originally	O
used	O
to	O
describe	O
a	O
now	O
defunct	O
company	O
created	O
by	O
Dr.	O
Gary	O
Kildall	O
to	O
market	O
and	O
develop	O
his	O
CP/M	B-Application
operating	I-Application
system	I-Application
and	O
related	O
products	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
large	O
software	O
company	O
in	O
the	O
microcomputer	B-Architecture
world	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
term	O
Digital	B-General_Concept
Researcher	I-General_Concept
was	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
UK	O
researcher	O
development	O
organization	O
Vitae	O
to	O
form	O
an	O
event	O
for	O
postgraduate	O
researchers	O
and	O
research	O
staff	O
focusing	O
on	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
technology	O
by	O
researchers	O
for	O
collaboration	O
,	O
information	O
gathering	O
,	O
and	O
dissemination	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
event	O
encouraged	O
researchers	O
to	O
become	O
digital	B-General_Concept
researchers	I-General_Concept
.	O
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