Online Methods: Podcast with Janet Salmons

Q2-24, June 2024, Decolonization, Online Research

Decolonization, Technology, and Online Research

Q2-24, June 2024, Decolonization, Online Research

Decolonizing research methods means rethinking how we look at participants and problems. In the digital world there are even more ways the European West exerts cultural, economic, and political control. At the same time, the digital world allows researchers to conduct studies across the distances.

Q2-24, June 2024, Decolonization, Online Research

April 2024, Q2-24, Digital Storytelling, Online Methods, Online Research

How to Use Digital Storytelling

April 2024, Q2-24, Digital Storytelling, Online Methods, Online Research

Storytelling has been a part of our shared life since the beginning of time. Story-based research approaches are especially valuable when studying sensitive issues or collecting data with vulnerable participants. In today’s digital world we have new ways to share and collect stories in a research context.

April 2024, Q2-24, Digital Storytelling, Online Methods, Online Research

Q2-24, April 2024, Online Research, Hashtags, Social Media

How to study #hashtags

Q2-24, April 2024, Online Research, Hashtags, Social Media

Hashtags offer online researchers ways to identify popular topics, trace viral messages, and locate influential thought leaders. Learn more about how researchers use hashtags with this multidisciplinary collection of open access articles.

Q2-24, April 2024, Online Research, Hashtags, Social Media

Q2-2024, April 2024, Online Research, Social Media

Collect Data on Social Media

Q2-2024, April 2024, Online Research, Social Media

From the moment social media platforms began to welcome user-generated content, researchers have looked for ways to study it. Learn more with open-access articles about social media platforms.

Q2-2024, April 2024, Online Research, Social Media

Research Questions, Positionality, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2024, Q2-24

Research questions: Insider/Outsider perspectives

Research Questions, Positionality, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2024, Q2-24

Do you think about research questions as an insider, outsider, or somewhere in between? Why is positionality important in online research?

Research Questions, Positionality, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2024, Q2-24

Q2-2024, June 2024, Qualitative Data Collection, Online Research

Anonymizing Qualitative Data

Q2-2024, June 2024, Qualitative Data Collection, Online Research

Qualitative researchers often collect very personal data, whether in interviews or in narratives, diaries, or other records that depict their experiences. One way to protect their identities is by changing their names, and anonymizing the data.

Q2-2024, June 2024, Qualitative Data Collection, Online Research

Q1-24, January 2024, data science, data science skills, Bernie Hogan, Online Research

From Social Science to Data Science

Q1-24, January 2024, data science, data science skills, Bernie Hogan, Online Research

How can you use data science in social science research? Find an interview with the Oxford Internet Institute’s Dr. Bernie Hogan and lots of useful resources in this post.

Q1-24, January 2024, data science, data science skills, Bernie Hogan, Online Research

Qualitative Methods, Online Research, Q1, March 2023, Methodology, Q1-24, February 2024, 1.31.24 webinar

Units of Analysis and Methodologies for Qualitative Studies

Qualitative Methods, Online Research, Q1, March 2023, Methodology, Q1-24, February 2024, 1.31.24 webinar

Learn about connecting the unit of analysis with the qualitative methodology.

Qualitative Methods, Online Research, Q1, March 2023, Methodology, Q1-24, February 2024, 1.31.24 webinar

Robert Kozinets, Sensitive, Qualitative, collecting data online, Online Research, January 2024, Q1-24

Studying Difficult Topics with Netnography

Robert Kozinets, Sensitive, Qualitative, collecting data online, Online Research, January 2024, Q1-24

These difficult times present challenges for researchers. Find five original posts by Robert Kozinets about using Netnography to study sensitive topics.

Robert Kozinets, Sensitive, Qualitative, collecting data online, Online Research, January 2024, Q1-24

Q4, Trena Paulus, Jessica Lester, Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, Online Research, December 2023

Digital Workflows: Special Issue Roundtable 2

Q4, Trena Paulus, Jessica Lester, Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, Online Research, December 2023

Jessica Lester and Trena Paulus co-edited a December 2023 special issue for the Sage journal, Qualitative Inquiry, “Qualitative inquiry in the 20/20s: Exploring methodological consequences of digital research workflows.” Read the articles and watch a roundtable with contributors. This is the second of two discussions of the special issue.

Q4, Trena Paulus, Jessica Lester, Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, Online Research, December 2023

Digital Workflows: Special Issue Roundtable 1

Q4, Trena Paulus, Jessica Lester, Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, Online Research, December 2023

Jessica Lester and Trena Paulus co-edited a December 2023 special issue for the Sage journal, Qualitative Inquiry, “Qualitative inquiry in the 20/20s: Exploring methodological consequences of digital research workflows.” Read the articles and watch a roundtable with contributors. This is the first of two discussions of the special issue.

Q4, Trena Paulus, Jessica Lester, Qualitative Research, Academic Writing, Online Research, December 2023

Creative Methods, Author Interviews, Lyndon Wray, Emerging, Online Research, Q3, September 2023, Qualitative Data Analysis

Analysing Politics, Protest, and Digital Popular Culture

Creative Methods, Author Interviews, Lyndon Wray, Emerging, Online Research, Q3, September 2023, Qualitative Data Analysis

How can you study digital culture and activism? Watch this interview with Dr. Lyndon Wray.

Creative Methods, Author Interviews, Lyndon Wray, Emerging, Online Research, Q3, September 2023, Qualitative Data Analysis

Q2, June 2023, IRB, Ethics review, collecting data online, Online Interviews, Online Research Ethics

Modern-Day Data Collection: Entering the Post-Pandemic Era

Q2, June 2023, IRB, Ethics review, collecting data online, Online Interviews, Online Research Ethics

Learn about ethics and consent for online research from the perspective of an institutional review board member.

Q2, June 2023, IRB, Ethics review, collecting data online, Online Interviews, Online Research Ethics

Q2, June 2023, Giuseppe Veltri, experimental research, Experiments, online experiments, Online Research, Quantitative Methods, Quantitative Data Collection

Online Experiments

Q2, June 2023, Giuseppe Veltri, experimental research, Experiments, online experiments, Online Research, Quantitative Methods, Quantitative Data Collection

Learn about research with online Experiments from Dr. Giuseppe Veltri.

Q2, June 2023, Giuseppe Veltri, experimental research, Experiments, online experiments, Online Research, Quantitative Methods, Quantitative Data Collection

Comments, Ethics, Methods in Action, YouTube, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2023, May 2023, Q2

Methods in Action: The Ethics of Studying Online Comments

Comments, Ethics, Methods in Action, YouTube, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2023, May 2023, Q2

What ethical issues face researchers who study online comments? Paul J. Reilly offers explanations and an open-access research case.

Comments, Ethics, Methods in Action, YouTube, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, April 2023, May 2023, Q2

Qualitative Data Collection, Author Interviews, Netnography, Online Research, Robert Kozinets, Emerging, April 2023

Netnography Explained

Qualitative Data Collection, Author Interviews, Netnography, Online Research, Robert Kozinets, Emerging, April 2023

Hear Dr. Kozinets discuss the origins and development of Netnography in this interview. See the whole series of posts from Kozinets about collecting data for studies using netnography.

Qualitative Data Collection, Author Interviews, Netnography, Online Research, Robert Kozinets, Emerging, April 2023

Q1, March 2023, Online Research, Interviews, Focus Groups

Better Together: Online Qualitative Design, Data Collection & Analysis Webinar Recording

Q1, March 2023, Online Research, Interviews, Focus Groups

View a recorded webinar with Dr. Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Methodspace and author of Doing Qualitative Research Online, Dr. Stacy Penna, Customer Engagement and Enablement Director for Lumivero (previously NVivo, and Leon Bourner, Director of Sales and Client Development for itracks.

Q1, March 2023, Online Research, Interviews, Focus Groups

Q1, January 2023, collecting data online, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, February 2023, digital methods

Holistic Thinking and Qualitative E-Research Design

Q1, January 2023, collecting data online, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, February 2023, digital methods

Online researchers face design challenges because they must also consider the implications of the technologies used in the study. By using an iterative, holistic approach, you can look inter-related dimensions of the design.

Q1, January 2023, collecting data online, Online Research, Online Research Ethics, February 2023, digital methods

AcWriMo22, Online Research, Stu Shulman, Social Media, November 2022

What’s next for #AcademicTwitter?

AcWriMo22, Online Research, Stu Shulman, Social Media, November 2022

Listen to this conversation with Dr. Stu Shulman for discussion of implications of current developments for academics.

AcWriMo22, Online Research, Stu Shulman, Social Media, November 2022

Online Research, Creative Methods, December 2022

Online Methods: Podcast with Janet Salmons

Online Research, Creative Methods, December 2022

Listen to a conversation about online methods with Dr. Suzanne Albray, host of the DoBetterResearch podcast series, and Dr. Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Methodspace.

Online Research, Creative Methods, December 2022