Get 20M+ Full-Text Papers For Less Than $1.50/day. Start a 14-Day Trial for You or Your Team.

Learn More →

Research interviews in cyberspace

Research interviews in cyberspace Contemporary developments in technology provide opportunities for qualitative researchers to enhance their modes of collecting rich data for analysis. In this article we explore the utility and impact of using email as a means of collecting data in the form of semistructured interviews. We investigate what participants think about email interviews, and how they view the relationship between email interviews and online pedagogies. We illustrate our discussion with reference to a recent research project carried out using email interviews with professional colleagues, including analyses of the respondents own insights about the methodology. We conclude that email interviews provide a useful medium to explore the experiences of an international group of participants, including some for whom English is not their first language. Further, the method enables respondents to participate in the process of collaborative knowledge building as coresearchers, by reflecting on and analysing their own responses in the email interviews http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Qualitative Research Journal Emerald Publishing

Research interviews in cyberspace

Reid, Anna; Petocz, Peter; Gordon, Sue
Qualitative Research Journal , Volume 8 (1): 16 – Apr 6, 2008
Download PDF
15 pages

Loading next page...
 
/lp/emerald-publishing/research-interviews-in-cyberspace-Rrvn6CVQAK

References (10)

Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
ISSN
1443-9883
DOI
10.3316/QRJ0801047
Publisher site
See Article on Publisher Site

Abstract

Contemporary developments in technology provide opportunities for qualitative researchers to enhance their modes of collecting rich data for analysis. In this article we explore the utility and impact of using email as a means of collecting data in the form of semistructured interviews. We investigate what participants think about email interviews, and how they view the relationship between email interviews and online pedagogies. We illustrate our discussion with reference to a recent research project carried out using email interviews with professional colleagues, including analyses of the respondents own insights about the methodology. We conclude that email interviews provide a useful medium to explore the experiences of an international group of participants, including some for whom English is not their first language. Further, the method enables respondents to participate in the process of collaborative knowledge building as coresearchers, by reflecting on and analysing their own responses in the email interviews

Journal

Qualitative Research Journal – Emerald Publishing

Published: Apr 6, 2008

There are no references for this article.