GOOGLE SEARCHES - Sandra Chu

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Brenda Laurel - a video game designer and researcher known to be a pioneer in the development of virtual reality

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Self-reflection - to view oneself introspectively and explore your character, thoughts, and motives
Participative observation - to gain a better understanding of what you are observing by participating with the observed subject(s)
Symbolic interaction - the focus of small-scale interactions in order to better understand the individual and their patterns when interacting with others
Auto-ethnography - the use of your self-reflection and personal experience to describe wider cultural, political, and social concepts
Dichotomous thinking - known as "black or white thinking," an extreme way to split one's thoughts (no dichotomy)
Structures and structuring - to create and organize (thoughts, words, societies, etc.)
Interpretation - the way in which one understands a concept
Sharing thoughts and mental processes - the sharing of what goes on within one's mind (thoughts, emotions, ideas, beliefs, etc.)

Luce Irigaray - a French feminist and philosopher that researches the differences between women and men

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Zygmunt Bauman's Liquid Modernity - we've moved from "solid" to "liquid" modernity, where there is constant change in identity, social life, economies, etc., and we're constantly in search of new and different social experiences.

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Participant Observation - A data collection method where the researcher participates with the observed subject(s) in order to gain a better understanding of the subject(s).

Social Construction of Reality - The way we perceive others and the way we act is partly shaped by the way that we have interacted with others in our past and present, and this is what defines our reality. For example, we've come to accept money as a real thing, but it is also a social construct that, if we didn't give it meaning, wouldn't have any.

Symbolic Interactionism - The focus of small scale interactions in order to better understand the individual and their patterns when interacting with others.

Action Research - A research method where the researcher seeks transformative change through the simultaneous process of taking action and doing research, which are linked together through reflection.

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Duncan J. Watts - Author of "Six Degrees: The Science of a Connected Age," where he comments on network theories and their effect on social relationships and interactions.

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"Learning organization” by Peter Senge - an organization or people working together at their best, and learning how to continuously work at their best

Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome - a work of comedy about three men on a boating-holiday, where the three main characters are based on the author and two of his friends

J. M. Coetzee - a novelist born in South-Africa who has earned high recognition like the Nobel Prize and Booker Prize

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John L. Casti - A mathematician and author that researches social and behavioral questions. He's also been caught plagiarizing on more than one occasion.

Non-Cooperation - Refusal to cooperate. The Non-Cooperation Movement, practiced in 1920 in India by Gandhi, was a refusal of cooperate with the British government.

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Susan Sontag - A writer, philosopher, and political activist that focused heavily on photography, media, and human rights.

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Multitude by Hardt and Negri - Two philosophers that said that singular people can form a multitude, which acts like a democratic group in the interest of its singular parts.

Anecdotal Theory by Jane Gallop - Gallop says that all theory is intertwined with stories and anecdotes, which should also be taken into consideration when contemplating the theory in question.

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Paulo Freire - A leading advocate of critical pedagogy, which is the idea that individuals can transform the world into a better place. It focuses heavily on inequality issues.

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Cybernetics - the science of communications and automatic control systems in both machines and living things

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Instrumentality - serving to bring about a result or accomplish a purpose; indirect or intermediate agency