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Doing Qualitative Research Online 2nd Revised edition [Minkštas viršelis]

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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 384 pages, aukštis x plotis: 242x170 mm, weight: 660 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-Dec-2021
  • Leidėjas: Sage Publications Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1529714125
  • ISBN-13: 9781529714128
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  • Formatas: Paperback / softback, 384 pages, aukštis x plotis: 242x170 mm, weight: 660 g
  • Išleidimo metai: 28-Dec-2021
  • Leidėjas: Sage Publications Ltd
  • ISBN-10: 1529714125
  • ISBN-13: 9781529714128
Kitos knygos pagal šią temą:

New to online qualitative research? This book equips you with the skills to make good research choices so you can confidently conduct a project using internet methods.



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.

Recenzijos

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 A thoughtful walk with an experienced author on qualitative research and international collaboration in a digital world. She provides relevant resources to become coherent researcher designers, with clear theoretical grounding, and precise guiding questions that anticipate the challenges, ethical decisions and emergent opportunities of qualitative research online. -- Natalia Reinoso-Chįvez With so much of our communication living decisively online, the updated 2nd Edition of "Doing Qualitative Research Online" is a highly accessible and thorough resource for emerging qualitative researchers and for more established researchers adapting to the online environment.  -- Tony Carr

List of Figures
xiii
List of Tables
xv
About the Author xvii
Acknowledgments xix
Preface to the Second Edition xxi
Organization of the Book xxv
Research Cameos xxvii
Discover your online resources xxxvii
1 Qualitative Approaches for Research in a Data-intensive World
1(20)
Highlights
1(1)
Objectives
1(1)
Qualitative Research: Understanding How the World Is Seen and Experienced
2(1)
Qualitative Research with Information and Communications Technologies
3(5)
Qualitative e-Research: Inquiries in the Digital Environment
8(3)
Roles for Qualitative e-Researchers
11(3)
What Happens When Researchers Use these Ideas?
14(1)
A Holistic Approach to Designing and Conducting Qualitative e-Research
15(3)
Summary of Key Concepts
18(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
18(3)
SECTION I DESIGNING ONLINE QUALITATIVE STUDIES
21(46)
2 Choosing Methodologies and Methods for Online Studies
23(26)
Highlights
23(1)
Objectives
24(1)
Methodologies and Methods Are a Starting Point
24(1)
Think Like an Architect
24(1)
Researcher as Decision-Maker
25(1)
Aligning Purpose and Design
25(2)
Theories and Theoretical Contributions
27(2)
Theory in Qualitative Research
29(1)
Epistemologies for Qualitative Online Research
30(5)
Choosing Methodologies for Online Qualitative Research
35(7)
Methods: Ways to Conduct the Study
42(3)
Does Technology Serve as the Medium, Setting, or Phenomenon?
45(2)
Summary of Key Concepts
47(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
48(1)
3 Choosing Information and Communications Technologies for Online Studies
49(18)
Highlights
49(1)
Objectives
49(1)
Information and Communications Technologies: Tools and Features for Qualitative Online Research
50(3)
Synchronous or Asynchronous Communication
53(1)
Media Richness Theory
54(1)
Online Communication Is Rarely Either/Or
54(2)
Choosing Time-Response Communications for Your Study
56(1)
Non-Verbal Communications Online
57(4)
Aligning Features with Research Purposes
61(1)
Choosing, Finding, or Creating a Conducive Meeting Space
62(2)
Summary of Key Concepts
64(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
64(3)
SECTION II BECOMING AN ETHICAL ONLINE RESEARCHER
67(68)
4 Designing an Ethical Online Study
71(18)
Highlights
71(1)
Objectives
72(1)
Research Ethics and Your Study
72(2)
Internet Research Ethics
74(1)
Ethical Theories
75(1)
International Ethics Codes and Statements
76(2)
Ethical Guidelines from Professional Societies
78(2)
Ethical Issues for Online Qualitative Researchers
80(1)
Thinking about Ethical Positions that Support Online Qualitative Research Design
81(5)
Summary of Key Concepts
86(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
86(3)
5 Conducting an Ethical Online Study
89(32)
Highlights
89(1)
Objectives
90(1)
Adapting and Applying Ethics Theories and Codes in Qualitative Online Research
90(1)
Four Issues that Matter When Designing Ethical Online Research
91(1)
Protect Human Subjects
92(5)
Obtain Appropriate Informed Consent from Participants
97(17)
Respect for the Online Research Setting
114(3)
Summary of Key Concepts
117(2)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
119(2)
6 Researchers' Roles and Positions
121(14)
Highlights
121(1)
Objectives
122(1)
Self-Awareness + Transparency + People Skills = Research Credibility
122(3)
Self-Awareness, Reflexivity, and Ethical Research Practice
125(1)
Reflection and Reflexivity
125(1)
How-to Steps
126(1)
Taking a Position as a Researcher
127(1)
Insider (Emic) and Outsider (Etic) e-Research Positions
128(2)
Building Credibility as a Researcher
130(2)
Becoming a Credible, Ethical, Reflective Online Researcher
132(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
132(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
133(2)
SECTION III PREPARING TO COLLECT DATA ONLINE
135(54)
7 Creating a Sampling Plan
137(16)
Highlights
137(1)
Objectives
137(1)
Methods and Strategies for Sampling
138(2)
Types of Purposive Sampling
140(6)
Sample Frames
146(1)
Sample Size
147(1)
Developing a Sampling Plan for Online Research
148(2)
Communicating Your Plan
150(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
150(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
151(2)
8 Recruiting, Finding, and Selecting Participants Online
153(18)
Highlights
153(1)
Objectives
153(1)
Recruiting and Selecting Human Participants
154(1)
Opportunities and Constraints for Online Recruiting
154(1)
What Characteristics Should Participants Have?
155(4)
Communicating with Potential Participants
159(1)
Ensuring that Participants Are Credible
159(1)
Participants Drawn from Existing Sample Frames
160(2)
Constructing a Sample Frame
162(1)
Ensuring that Researchers Are Credible
163(4)
Getting Out the Recruitment Message
167(3)
Summary of Key Concepts
170(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
170(1)
9 Preparing to Interact with Participants Online
171(18)
Highlights
171(1)
Objectives
171(1)
Get Ready to Collect Data Online!
172(1)
Communications Technologies and Research Preparation
172(2)
Preparation Varies by ICT Characteristics
174(1)
Preparing for a Synchronous or Near-Synchronous Text-Based Interaction
174(4)
Preparing for an Asynchronous Text-Based Interaction
178(1)
Preparing for a Video Interaction
179(1)
Preparing to Interact in a Web Conferencing Meeting Space
180(3)
Preparing to Interview in an Immersive Virtual Environment
183(2)
Getting Ready to Interact with Participants
185(2)
Summary of Key Concepts
187(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
188(1)
SECTION IV COLLECTING QUALITATIVE DATA ONLINE
189(66)
10 Finding and Collecting Extant Data Online
191(18)
Highlights
191(1)
Objectives
191(1)
In Perspective: Documents in Research
192(3)
Creating a Sampling Strategy
195(2)
Extant Data Collection
197(2)
Unobtrusive Observation Conducted Online
199(4)
Field Notes in an Online Observation
203(1)
Triangulation: Using Extant Data in Multimethod Studies
204(2)
Big Qual
206(1)
Using Extant Sources in Your Study: Big Qual, Documents, or Materials?
207(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
207(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
208(1)
11 Eliciting Data Online
209(22)
Highlights
209(1)
Objectives
210(1)
What Does It Mean to Elicit Data?
210(1)
Online Interviews
210(2)
Typology of e-Interview Structures
212(7)
Preparing the Questions and/or Prompts
219(2)
Planning to Conduct an Interview
221(2)
Learning the ICT
223(2)
Conducting a Research Interview
225(3)
Can You Protect the Data?
228(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
229(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
230(1)
12 Using Enacted Methods Online
231(24)
Highlights
231(1)
Objectives
232(1)
Understanding Enacted Research
232(2)
Multimodal Digital Literacies: Foundations for Enacted Research
234(3)
Enacted Approaches for the Online Environment
237(5)
Visual Elicitation: `What Do these Images, Media, or Artifacts Mean?'
242(3)
Generating Visuals During the Research Event
245(3)
Vignette, Scenario or Problem-based Role-plays
248(2)
Issues in Online Visual Research
250(1)
A Comparison of Possible Research Designs
251(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
251(2)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
253(2)
SECTION V WORKING WITH DATA AND REPORTING FINDINGS
255(54)
13 Organizing, Analyzing, and Interpreting Data
257(24)
Highlights
257(1)
Objectives
258(1)
Plan the Analytic Strategy that Fits Your Online Study
258(1)
What Stages Will I Follow?
258(3)
When Will I Begin to Analyze the Data: During or After Data Collection?
261(2)
Are Specific Analytic Conventions or Approaches Part of the Methodology I Have Selected?
263(5)
What Form(s) of Reasoning Will I use to Interpret the Data and Find Meaning?
268(2)
What System Will I Use for Coding? Will I Use Computer
270(2)
Aided Qualitative Data Analysis Software (CAQDAS)? How Will I Interpret and Analyze Different Types of Data?
272(4)
What Do Methodologists Say About Data Analysis?
276(2)
Developing Your Judgment and Welcoming Other Views
278(1)
Summary of Key Concepts
279(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
280(1)
14 Writing, Reporting, and Contributing to the Literature
281(16)
Highlights
281(1)
Objectives
282(1)
Processes for Evaluating and Reviewing Research Are Central to Scholarly Work
282(1)
Quality in Qualitative Research? Criteria for Evaluation and Review
283(3)
Using the Qualitative e-Research Framework to Evaluate Research
286(7)
Completing the Degree, Contributing to the Literature and the World
293(2)
Summary of Key Concepts
295(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
296(1)
15 Online Communications and Online Qualitative Research: Trends and Influences
297(12)
Highlights
297(1)
Objectives
298(1)
Online Collaboration and Social Literacies
298(2)
Disintermediation and Apomediation
300(2)
Privacy in Online Milieus
302(1)
ICT and Social Trends: Implications for Researchers
303(1)
Summary of Key Concepts and Recommendations for Further Research
303(1)
Discussion Questions and Exercises
304(1)
Appendix: Qualitative Research Methods Resources
305(4)
Glossary of Terms 309(10)
References 319(18)
Index 337
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