Studying Difficult Topics with Netnography
These difficult times present challenges for researchers. Find five original posts by Robert Kozinets about using Netnography to study sensitive topics.
Modern-Day Data Collection: Entering the Post-Pandemic Era
Learn about ethics and consent for online research from the perspective of an institutional review board member.
Holistic Thinking and Qualitative E-Research Design
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.
Design Studies with Online Surveys
Online surveys, or those completed on an app, have largely replaced those completed with pen and paper. These articles offer advice and recommendations for researchers specific to the design of studies that involve use of electronic surveys.
Sharing Results from Hybrid Ethnography
Learn about conducting and writing about hybrid ethnography that includes online and offline methods.
More Ways to Conduct Research Online: Open Access Examples
How can you do research online? These articles offer examples and food for thought.
Reflections on researcher positionality when applying digital research methods
Two researchers discuss negotiations in regard to their positionality in online research.
Thinking about collecting qualitative data using digital methods? Introducing Tracking and Trawling
Tips for collecting secondary data online.
Watch the MethodSpace Live Webinar: Doing Research Online
Interested in collecting data online from social media or participants? Join this webinar with Luke Sloan and Janet Salmons!
Using Secondary Data (Podcast)
Listen to a podcast about online news as secondary research data.
Creative Methods for supporting social science students in qualitative remote research
Learn about creative methods for collecting data from a co-editor of a new book on the topic!
Research Ethics & Extant Data
See this research discussion with Wyke Stommel and Lynn de Rijk about ethical use of online data.
Choosing Creative Methods: Conversation with Nicole Brown
Nicole Brown explains the way she uses creative methods, and why she designs studies with this approach.
Facilitating Group Discussions With Participants on Zoom
Louise Couceiro discusses how she pivoted from a face-to-face to an online approach for a study with children.
Adapting your qualitative methods course for online learning
There’s a lot of uncertainty about how higher education will be taught in the age of COVID-19. How should professors and instructors of qualitative methods courses re-think their curriculums for online classrooms or cohorts? How can students conduct observations if they’re sheltered at home? How will students work in teams to analyze data if they’re distributed across the world? Here are some tips for alternative data collection methods, and collaborative tools for remote analysis.