New Media Research Methodologies

I'm in the process of writing a proposal for a detailed 
historical/critical research project on new media in a specific 
geographic location. I am looking for methodological approaches I might 
refer to in this proposal -  as direct quotations or general ideas with 
which to contrast and compare. These could be actual essays concerning 
research practice in new media or more general discussions of approaches 
to research on visual materials. This project will be based in an Asian 
city so essays, quotes, and so on that refer to sites of production 
outside Europe/North America might be particularly useful.
Coincidentally, the Said quote (from Culture and Imperialism) found in a 
recent CFP here was quite useful.
Thanks,
Norman Jackson Ford