GOOGLE TRENDS JAKO NARZĘDZIE UŻYTECZNE DLA BADACZY NIEPEŁNOSPRAWNOŚCI
GOOGLE TRENDS AS A USEFUL TOOL FOR DISABILITY RESEARCHERS

Summary/Abstract: Each day, the Google search engine is used to perform millions of searches by users around the world lookingfor relevant information. A lesser known service by Google is Google Trends, which allows to examine thepopularity of certain keywords, or more precisely – shows trends at a specific time and in a specific arearegarding the given word. The article presents various methods in which Google Trends can be incorporatedto study the phenomenon of disability by researchers, including sociologists, psychologists, special educationworkers or welfare politicians. These methods do not only concern observing trends, but also studying thecyclical nature of phenomena, contexts in which specific concepts appear, and changes in the language thatdescribes various disabilities.

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