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Seganti, Francesca Romana – Qualitative Report, 2010
This article discusses the centrality of reflexivity in qualitative research through examples from my study on the role new media play in the lives of Italians in London. My hypothesis was that Italians were "in transit" in London and they were using new media to build "temporary" communities. I conducted in-depth interviews…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Integrity, Immigrants, Reflection
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Hinchcliffe, Vanessa; Gavin, Helen – Qualitative Report, 2009
This paper describes an evaluation of the quality and utility of synchronous online interviewing for data collection in social network research. Synchronous online interviews facilitated by Instant Messenger as the communication medium, were undertaken with ten final year university students. Quantitative and qualitative content analysis of…
Descriptors: Social Networks, Interviews, Synchronous Communication, College Seniors
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J.; Leech, Nancy L.; Collins, Kathleen M. T. – Qualitative Report, 2010
This article provides an innovative meta-framework comprising strategies designed to guide qualitative data collection in the 21st century. We present a meta-framework comprising strategies for collecting data from interviews, focus groups, observations, and documents/material culture. We present a template for collecting nonverbal data during…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Qualitative Research, Innovation, Focus Groups
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Matthews, John; Cramer, Elizabeth P. – Qualitative Report, 2008
Advances in technology provide researchers with increased opportunities to locate and conduct research with populations that have historically been inaccessible. This manuscript describes the development of private, voluntary web-based groups, and the process for using web cameras to conduct individual web-based interviews as a method of data…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Internet, Research Methodology, Information Technology
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Yeh, Hsin-Te; Lahman, Maria – Qualitative Report, 2007
The purpose of this phenomenological study was to understand students' perceptions of using asynchronous online discussion as a learning tool. Six pre-service teachers who took a course in educational technology applications for secondary grades at a Rocky Mountain region mid-sized university were selected to be interviewed. Phenomenological data…
Descriptors: Student Teacher Attitudes, Discussion Groups, Educational Technology, Data Analysis