DOING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH ONLINE

• Main Author: Salmons, Janet E. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Thousand Oaks, CA SAGE 2016
• Subjects: Internet Research; Qualitative Research > Methodology; Telematics
• Online Access: Click Here to View Status and Holdings.
• Physical Description: xviii, 214 pages illustrations 25 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-206) and index
• ISBN: 9781446295410; 9781446295403

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.