Janet Salmons

Doing Qualitative Research Online (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

New to online research? This book will give you the foundation you need to confidently design and conduct a project using internet methods.

First providing an overview of online qualitative research, it then provides how-to guidance for studying the ways we use diverse technologies to communicate with words and images. It covers a well-established methods, from document research to online interviews, as well as introducing new turns in qualitative research, such as big data.

This second edition:

• Equips you with the skills to make good decisions about methodologies, methods and technologies at every stage of your project.
• Dedicates three chapters to being an ethical online researcher, covering vital aspects such as respecting partners in research and researcher positionality.
• Includes over 30 'Research Cameo' examples showing you how to put theory into practice.

Written by a scholar-practitioner in e-learning and online academia with 20 years' experience, this book will help students and researchers across the social sciences looking to do qualitative research online. Accompanied by online resources including templates, exercises and further reading, this book will develop your digital literacy and enable you to take advantage of the possibilities of Internet research.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781529765779
• Artikelnr.: 62234982

Autorenporträt

Dr. Janet Salmons is a qualitative scholar and methodologist. She is a Fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies and edits the newsletter, "When the Field is Online".

Recent books include: Doing Qualitative Research Online 2nd edition (2022), What Kind of Researcher Are You? (2021), Reframing and Rethinking Collaboration in Higher Education and Beyond: A Practical Guide for Doctoral Students and Early Career Researchers with Narelle Lemon (2021), Publishing from your Doctoral Research: Create and Use a Publication Strategy with Helen Kara (2020), Learning to Collaborate, Collaborating to Learn (2019), Find the Theory in Your Research (2019), and Getting Data Online (2019). She previously managed the Sage Research Methods Community (formerly known as Methodspace).

Dr. Salmons received a B.S. in Adult and Community Education from Cornell University, an M.A. in Social Policy Studies from the SUNY Empire State College, and a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Studies and Educational Leadership at the Union Institute & University. She lives and works in Boulder, Colorado.

Website link: www.salmons.blog

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1: Using Qualitative Approaches for Research in a Data-Intensive
World
Part I: Designing Online Qualitative Studies
Chapter 2: Choosing Methodologies and Methods for Online Studies
Chapter 3: Choosing Information and Communications Technologies for Online
Studies
Part II: Becoming an Ethical Online Researcher
Chapter 4: Designing an Ethical Online Study
Chapter 5: Conducting an Ethical Online Study
Chapter 6: Researchers' Roles and Positions
Part III: Preparing to Collect Data Online
Chapter 7: Creating a Sampling Plan
Chapter 8: Recruiting, Finding, and Selecting Participants Online
Chapter 9: Preparing to Interact with Participants Online
Part IV: Collecting Qualitative Data Online
Chapter 10: Finding and Collecting Extant Data Online: Using Posts,
Archives, or Big Data
Chapter 11: Eliciting Data Online: Asking Participants about Their
Experiences
Chapter 12: Using Enacted Methods Online: Generating Data with Creative and
Experiential Methods
Part V: Working with Data and Reporting Findings
Chapter 13: Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data
Chapter 14: Writing, Reporting, Presenting, and Contributing to the
Literature
Chapter 15: Online Communications and Online Qualitative Research: Trends
and Influences

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Chapter 1: Using Qualitative Approaches for Research in a Data-Intensive World
Part I: Designing Online Qualitative Studies
Chapter 2: Choosing Methodologies and Methods for Online Studies
Chapter 3: Choosing Information and Communications Technologies for Online Studies
Part II: Becoming an Ethical Online Researcher
Chapter 4: Designing an Ethical Online Study
Chapter 5: Conducting an Ethical Online Study
Chapter 6: Researchers' Roles and Positions
Part III: Preparing to Collect Data Online
Chapter 7: Creating a Sampling Plan
Chapter 8: Recruiting, Finding, and Selecting Participants Online
Chapter 9: Preparing to Interact with Participants Online
Part IV: Collecting Qualitative Data Online
Chapter 10: Finding and Collecting Extant Data Online: Using Posts, Archives, or Big Data
Chapter 11: Eliciting Data Online: Asking Participants about Their Experiences
Chapter 12: Using Enacted Methods Online: Generating Data with Creative and Experiential Methods
Part V: Working with Data and Reporting Findings
Chapter 13: Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data
Chapter 14: Writing, Reporting, Presenting, and Contributing to the Literature
Chapter 15: Online Communications and Online Qualitative Research: Trends and Influences

Rezensionen

This timely second edition offers an invaluable guide through the complexities of doing qualitative research online. In her comprehensive and readable book, Salmons navigates methods and ethics, concepts and debates with great skill and finesse. Helen Kara