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Doing qualitative research online Janet Salmons

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Los Angeles : Sage, c2016.Description: xviii, 214 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781446295410
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Qualitative approaches for research in a data intensive world -- Part I. Designing online qualitative studies. Choosing methodologies and methods for online studies ; Choosing information and communications technologies that fit the research design -- Part II. Becoming an ethical online researcher. Designing an ethical online study ; Conducting an ethical online study -- Part III. Collecting qualitative data online. Preparing to collect data online ; Collecting extant data online ; Eliciting data online ; Using enacted methods online -- Part IV. Analyzing data and reporting findings. Organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data ; Writing, reporting, and contributing to the literature.
Summary: Qualitative researchers can now connect with participants online to collect deep, rich data and generate new understandings of contemporary research phenomena. Doing Qualitative Research Online gives students and researchers the practical and scholarly foundations needed to gain digital research literacies essential for designing and conducting studies based on qualitative data collected online. The book will take a broad view of methodologies, methods and ethics, covering: ethical issues in research design and ethical relationships with participants; designing online qualitative studies; collecting qualitative data online through interviews, observations, participatory and arts-based research and a wide range of posts and documents; analyzing data and reporting findings. Written by a scholar-practitioner in e-learning and online academia with 15 years’ experience, this book will help all those new to online research by providing a range of examples and illustrations from published research. The text and accompanying materials will offer discussion and assignment ideas for ease of adoption.
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Qualitative researchers can now connect with participants online to collect deep, rich data and generate new understandings of contemporary research phenomena. Doing Qualitative Research Online gives students and researchers the practical and scholarly foundations needed to gain digital research literacies essential for designing and conducting studies based on qualitative data collected online. The book will take a broad view of methodologies, methods and ethics, covering: ethical issues in research design and ethical relationships with participants; designing online qualitative studies; collecting qualitative data online through interviews, observations, participatory and arts-based research and a wide range of posts and documents; analyzing data and reporting findings. Written by a scholar-practitioner in e-learning and online academia with 15 years’ experience, this book will help all those new to online research by providing a range of examples and illustrations from published research. The text and accompanying materials will offer discussion and assignment ideas for ease of adoption.

Qualitative approaches for research in a data intensive world -- Part I. Designing online qualitative studies. Choosing methodologies and methods for online studies ; Choosing information and communications technologies that fit the research design -- Part II. Becoming an ethical online researcher. Designing an ethical online study ; Conducting an ethical online study -- Part III. Collecting qualitative data online. Preparing to collect data online ; Collecting extant data online ; Eliciting data online ; Using enacted methods online -- Part IV. Analyzing data and reporting findings. Organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data ; Writing, reporting, and contributing to the literature.

With a particularly strong coverage of ethics, and a huge range of features to guide students - both in the book and on the accompanying website - this book gives readers the tools they need to get the most out of the research they do online

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