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.
Dr. Janet Salmons is a free-range scholar and methodologist. She manages the Sage Research Methods Community (formerly known as Methodspace). She authored Doing Qualitative Research Online and is a 2024 Fellow at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies. 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), andGetting Data Online (2019). 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.
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
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-Chavez 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
