Table 2

Characteristics of the research task types employing image data

Contemporary research (n = 10)Historical research (n = 5)Computational research (n = 6)
Image data sourcesSocial media, Internet, published media, street artArchives, museums, social mediaSocial media, corporate collections, web archives
Type of image dataDigitalPrint and digitalDigital
Purpose of image useResearch data, part of other data collection, illustrationResearch data, illustrationResearch data, training material, data enrichment, illustration
Other datatypes usedInterview data, social media data, media texts, ethnographic field diariesLiterature, archival records, historical media textsRegister data, ethnographic field diaries, social media data, archival audio data
Research methodsQualitativeHistorical research methodsQuantitative, mixed-methods

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